ds Gaasetla aden Oot eyresteag a ; Meng rss y9l0 98lv0 LOLI ee! | ae . ee. ~ te 4 Th . . ans f - ein are ee Vie his © Tea Ae Ie 7 : Pw Fue = 5 Ye ) OE Sera in ta en = 4 rchive.org/details/coleopteraatlant0Owolluoft ey ae, = AR OR PS . VAGES A SALV onhon m4 LONDON: JOHN VAN VOORST, PATERNOSTER. ROW, Teneriffe i Palma Hierro age oa | COLEOPTERA ATLANTIDUM, BEING AN ENUMERATION OF THE COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS OF THE MADEIRAS, SALVAGES, AND CANARIES. BY T. VERNON WOLLASTON, M.A., F.LS. LONDON: JOHN VAN VOORST, 1 PATERNOSTER ROW. MDCOCLXY. * af; } nk ee | iM Revie Kae re as eS Swot | Ueto | i oy ; Ar; P ue, (eer beak: ae 2 . = Fi RAD: “ ~ = ¥ nd 4 P ty & fi Pears y Pe] . { erg < ae d., Append. hey. op. 17. | Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in montibus supra urbem Mee kalohiocn ; in castanetis 4 Dom. Moniz detectus. Likewise peculiar to Madeira proper, and apparently of the greatest rarity, the few examples hitherto detected having been taken by Senhor Moniz in the chestnut-woods on the mountains above Funchal. 339. Tarphius inornatus. Tarphius inornatus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 135 (1854). spinipes, Id. [ =maris status extrem. |, zbid, 136 (1854). inornatus, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 43 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in sylvaticis, vel lauretis vel pinetis, hinc inde vulgaris, Inhabits the sylvan districts of Madeira proper, occurring (rather commonly) both in the laurel-forests of the interior and in the pine- woods on the southern slopes of the island. It is barely possible that what I have regarded as the sexes of this Tasphius may be specifi- cally distinct, though I do not think it likely that such is the case. 340. Tarphius nodosus. Tarphius nodosus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 140, tab. iii. f. 6 (1854). , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 45 (1857). Habitat Ba trcrece (Mad.), in lauretis humidis editioribus sat vul- garis. Pretty generally distributed, and occasionally common, in the damp sylvan districts of Madeira proper—principally at a high elevation. 341. Tarphius compactus. Tarphius compactus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 139 (1854). —— —, ld., Cat. Mad. Col. 45 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in lauretis humidis parum vulgaris. _ Occurs in Madeira proper, in similar spots as the last species, and about in equal abundance. 122 ENDOPHL@IDA. 342, Tarphius lauri. Tarphius Lauri, Woll., Ins. Mad. 138, tab. iii. £4 (1854), —— — , Ia, Cat. Mad. Col, 44 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in sylvaticis presertim lauretis vulgaris. Peculiar to Madeira proper, and by far the most abundant of the genus in that island—occurring universally within the sylvan dis- tricts, though (like most of the species) more particularly in the laurel-forests, | 343. Tarphius formosus. Tarphius formosus, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 44 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in lauretis humidis excelsis rarissimus. Detected hitherto only in the dense sylvan regions in the north of Madeira proper, where it appears to be extremely rare. 344, Tarphius angusticollis. Tarphius sapureoey, Woll., Ann. Nat, Hist. v. 252 (1860). y1d., Append. huj. op. 17. Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in sylvaticis editioribus parcissime oc- currens. The only specimens of this Tarphius which I have yet seen were taken by the late Mr. Bewicke in the north of Madeira proper, in the upland district of the Fanal. It is certainly, therefore, ex- tremely rare. Ho 345. Tarphius sylvicola. Tarphius sylvicola, Woll., Ins. Mad. 137 (1854), ——,, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 44 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in sylvaticis humidis excelsis rarissimus, This Tarphius I have observed hitherto only in damp sylvan dis- tricts in the north of Madeira proper, particularly that known as the Lombarda das Vacas (on the mountains to the east of the Ribeira de Sao Vicente). 346. Tarphius rotundatus. Tarphius rotundatus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 137 (1854), — —, Id., Cat. Mad. Col, 44 (1857), Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in sylvaticis humidis parum vulgaris, Next to the 7’. Jawrt (and perhaps the inornatus), this is decidedly the commonest of the Madeiran Tarphii—being pretty generally distributed throughout the sylvan regions of Madeira proper. ENDOPHL@IDE. 123 347 . Tarphius truncatus. Tarphius truncatus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 142 (1854). —,, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 47 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in sylvaticis editioribus rarissimus. Evidently of the greatest rarity, the few specimens which I have seen having been captured by myself in the damp sylvan regions of Madeira proper—in company with the other species. 348. Tarphius Wolffii. - Tarphius Wolffii, Woll., Append. hj. op. 21. Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in castanetis longe supra urbem Fun- chalensem 4 Dom. C. Wolff, M.D., repertus. Discovered in the chestnut-woods at “the Mount,” in the south of Madeira proper, by Dr. C. Wolff. The distinctive features which separate it from the 7’. truncatus, to which it is closely allied, are fully alluded to in the Appendix to this volume. 349. Tarphius sculptipennis. Tarphius sculptipennis, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 46 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in humidis sylvaticis rarissimus. Occurs in the north of Madeira proper, where it appears to be very rare, in damp sylvan spots of intermediate altitudes. 350. Tarphius testudinalis. Tarphius testudinalis, Woll., Ins. Mad. 141 (1854). —— —, Ii., Cat. Mad. Col, 46 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in lauretis editioribus rarissimus. Likewise peculiar to the lofty sylvan districts of Madeira proper, where it is extremely rare. | 351. Tarphius cicatricosus. Tarphius cicatricosus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 141 (1854). —— , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 45 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in locis similibus ac preecedens rarissimus, Found in similar localities as the last species, in Madeira proper, and of about equal rarity. 124 ENDOPHLEIDZ. 352. Tarphius echinatus. Tarphius echinatus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 143 (1854). —— — , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 47 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in lauretis excelsis rarissimus. Extremely scarce, and confined to the sylvan districts of Madeira proper—my specimens having chiefly been collected in the vicinity of the Pico da Suna, in the east of the island. : 353. Tarphius brevicollis. Tarphius brevicollis, Woll., Ins. Mad. 144 (1854). , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 48 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in locis similibus ac preecedens rarissimus. Of about equal rarity with the last species, and found (like it) in the sylvan districts of Madeira proper—principally towards the east of the island. - 854. Tarphius rugosus. Tarphius rugosus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 144 (1854), , Id., Cat. Mad. Col, 48 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in sylvaticis—vel castanetis vel lauretis —rarissimus. | Likewise peculiar to the sylvan regions of Madeira proper, where it is of the greatest rarity. Until lately indeed I had seen but the single example (taken by myself, I believe at the Ribeiro Frio) from which my diagnosis was compiled in 1854; but two more have recently been communicated by Dr. C. Wolff, captured in the chest- nut-woods (at the Mount) above Funchal. 355. Tarphius explicatus. Tarphius explicatus, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 48 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in lauretis humidis excelsis rarissimus. One of the rarest of the Tarphi, the only two specimens which T have seen having been taken by myself in the north of Madeira proper (in the dense, forest-region of the Montado dos Pecegueiros) during July 1855. 356.. Tarphius deformis. Tarphius deformis, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i. 387, pl. 19. £.9 (1862). — , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 127 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (7'en.), in intermediis sylvaticis preesertim lau- retis late sed parce diffusus. ENDOPHL@IDEZ. 125 A Canarian species, apparently peculiar to Teneriffe—where it is widely, but sparingly, spread over the sylvan and subsylvan regions of intermediate altitudes. I have taken it in the districts of the Agua Mansa, Agua Garcia, and Taganana; and it was found by Dr. Crotch (and afterwards by his brother) in the garden of their house at Yeod el Alto, as well as in the Barranco below it*. 357. Tarphius camelus. Tarphius camelus, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i. 383, pl. 19. f. 2 (1862). —, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 125 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Hierro), in sylvaticis rarissimus. The only two examples of this Tarphius which I have yet seen were taken by myself (during February 1858) in the sylvan region on the western slopes of Hierro, in the Canarian Group. 358. Tarphius canariensis. Tarphius canariensis et erosus, Woll., Journ. of Ent, 383, 384, pl. 19. f. 3 et 4 (1862). — — , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 125 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can., T’en., Palma), in sylvaticis presertim lau- retis vulgaris. A strictly Canarian Tarphius, and more widely spread over the archipelago than any of the other species. I have taken it in the sylvan and subsylvan districts of Grand Canary, Teneriffe (where it occasionally abounds), and Palma—the examples from the latter island differing slightly from the ordinary type, and constituting what I had described (in my diagnosis) as a “ var. 3.” It is decidedly more variable than any of the Canarian members of the genus hitherto detected; for whilst most of the Tarphw are exceedingly unstable in size (retaining their other features without much appa- rent change), the present one fluctuates appreciably both in outline and in the greater or less excavation of the posterior half of its prothorax; and it was this latter circumstance that induced me to * The T. deformis may perhaps be regarded as the representative at the Cana- ries of the Madeiran T: explicatus. Nevertheless, although in their general contour, greatly developed nodules, and densely scaly, wnsetose surfaces the two insects have a good deal in common, they are specifically totally distinct. Thus the T. deformis is much more rugosely granulated, its nodules and ridges (the latter of which are almost obsolete in the explicatus) are very much more developed, its prothorax and elytra are both of them relatively longer, and the former is differently shaped—being straighter at the sides behind (although oblique), more gradually rounded anteriorly, and more deeply trisinuate along its basal margin. 126 ; ENDOPHL@ID. describe as an additional species (under the name of erosus) what I now believe cannot be regarded as more than an aberrant, and ex- tremely exaggerated, state of the canariensis, in which the prothorax is greatly and suddenly scooped out, on either side, behind. Indeed, after a careful inspection of additional material, I am persuaded that the form alluded to is merely a phasis which can be connected by intermediate gradations with the ordinary type ; and I have conse- quently suppressed it as a species. 359, Tarphius setosus. Tarphius setosus, Woll., Append. huj. op. 17. Habitat Canarienses (Gom., Hierro), in lauretis parum vulgaris. As will be seen by a reference to the Appendix, this Tarphius was detected by the Messrs. Crotch during their late researches at the Canaries. It appears to be common in the damp sylvan districts of Gomera, and possibly also in Hierro—though, on account of the dry- ness of the season, and the lateness of their sojourn, in that island, they obtained but a single example from the latter, It is more nearly related to the 7’. canariensis than to any of the other species ; but I have stated in my diagnostic observations what the characters are which seem to separate it entirely from that insect. 360. Tarphius humerosus. Tarphius humerosus, Woll., Append. huj. op. 19. Habitat Canarienses (Gom.), in lauretis editioribus rarissimus. Likewise a Canarian species, and peculiar to Gomera—where, how- ever, it appears to be extremely rare, the Messrs. Crotch, by whom it was detected, having obtained but three examples during their late researches in that island. 361. Tarphius affinis. Tarphius affinis, Woll., Append. hay. op. 19. Habitat Canarienses (Gom.), in sylvaticis haud infrequens. Like the 7’. humerosus (to which it a good deal allied) this Tar- phius is apparently peculiar to Gomera, of the Canarian Group,— where it was found by the Messrs. Crotch (more commonly than that species, but by no means in abundance), during the summer of 1864, in the laurel-woods of a high elevation. ENDOPHL@ID. 127 362. Tarphius abbreviatus. Tarphius abbreviatus, Woll., Append. huj. op. 20. Habitat Canarienses (Gom.), in iisdem locis ac precedens sed multo copiosior. Apparently common in the laurel-regions of Gomera, at a high elevation,—where it was met with abundantly by the Messrs. Crotch, during their late Canarian explorations, 363. Tarphius quadratus. ‘ _ Tarphius quadratus, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i. 384, pl. 19. f. 5 (1862). » Id., Cat. Can. Col. 126 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Palma), in lauretis humidis editioribus raris- simus. This distinct Canarian Tarphius has been observed hitherto only in Palma, where (during May and June of 1858) I met with it in the laurel-region on the ascent to the Cumbre above Buenavista, as well as in the Barranco de Galga. 364. Tarphius monstrosus. Tarphius monstrosus, Woll., Append. huj. op. 20. Habitat Canarienses (Gom.), in lauretis humidis vulgaris. A very large and well-defined species, which was discovered by the Messrs. Crotch, during their late Canarian expedition, in the laurel-regions of Gomera—where it appears to be common, at a high elevation. 7 -365. Tarphius gigas. Tarphius gigas, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i. 386, pl. 19. f. 7 (1862). — — , ld., Cat. Can. Col. 126 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), in humidis sylvaticis rarissimus. Likewise a very large Tarphius, and essentially a Canarian one, being peculiar to the sylvan regions of Teneriffe. It is evidently extremely rare, the only two specimens which I have seen having been taken on the mountains towards Taganana and Point Anaga, during my sojourn there in May 1859. 366. Tarphius caudatus. Tarphius caudatus, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i. 386, pl. 19. f. 8 (1862). — —, ld., Cat. Can. Col. 126 (1864), Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), in iisdem locis ac praecedens. 128 ENDOPHL@ID&. This singular Tarphius is also a Teneriffan one, and confined (so far as I have observed hitherto) to the sylvan mountains in the north- east of the island—where, although local, it is not very uncommon. 367. Tarphius congestus. Tarphius congestus, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i. 385, pl. 19. f. 6 (1862). , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 126 (1864). Habitat Psmanlbites (Ten.), in sylvaticis intermediis preesertim pine- tis hinc inde vulgaris. ‘The 7’, congestus seems to be characteristic of the pine-regions of Teneriffe, though occasionally found in spots where the fir trees and the laurel grow together. Its true habitat, however, is clearly the Pinals ; for although I took it sparingly (during 1858 and 1859) at the Agua Mansa, where the various laurels and the Pinus canariensis are intermixed, the Messrs. Crotch have subsequently met with it in profusion throughout the great Pinal which clothes the mountain- slopes above Ycod el Alto, and which continues thence (almost with- out intermission) to within a short distance of Ycod de los Vinhos. 368. Tarphius simplex. Tarphius simplex, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i, 382, pl. 19. f. 1 (1862). , Id., Cat. Can. Col, 124 (1864). Habitat Charis tin (Ten.), in sylvaticis parum vulgaris. The 7. simplex, which is likewise Canarian, seems peculiar to the laurel-regions of Teneriffe—where it is pretty generally distributed, and occasionally common. Genus 109. PROSTHECA. Wollaston, Ann. Nat, Hist. v. 254 (1860). 369. Prostheca aspera. Prostheca aspera, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 255 (1860). , Id. , Append. huj. op. 21. Habitat ‘aistsibries (Mad.), semel tantum capta. A single example captured near Funchal in Madeira proper by the late Mr. Bewicke, is all that I have yet seen of this curious in- sect (the structural characters of which are a good deal in accordance with those of the European genera Pycnomerus and Xylolemus). Whether it be of Luphorbia-infesting habits Iam unable to say ; but COLYDIADZ., 129 such seems far from improbable, for the specimen was taken in the immediate vicinity of some dried stems of the ZL. piscatoria which had been brought (some months before) from Porto Novo, in the east of the island. Fam. 20. COLYDIADA. Genus 110. AULONIUM. Erichson, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 275 (1845). 370. Aulonium sulcicolle. Aulonium sulcicolle, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 127 (1864). - Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Palma, Hierro), sub cortice Pini canari- ensis rarissimum. _ May perhaps be regarded as the Canarian representative of the A. bicolor of Europe, though quite distinct from that insect specifically. It is apparently very rare, and confined to the old Pinals of inter- mediate and rather lofty altitudes. In such situations I have taken it both in Teneriffe and Palma, beneath the loose rotting bark of Pinus canariensis; and it was found by the Messrs. Crotch in the remote, but elevated, Pinal in the south of Hierro. Genus 111. AGLENUS. Erichson, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 285 (1845). 371. Aglenus brunneus, Hypophleeus? brunneus, Gyll., Ins, Suec. iii. 711 (1815). aces brunneus, Lrich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 285 (1845). — — , Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 254 (1860). — ——,, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 128 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), et Canarienses (in Canaridé sola adhuc haud observatus), preesertim sub recremento farris circa basin acervorum tritici sparso, vulgaris. The European A. brunneus is tolerably common, beneath refuse generally, around Funchal in Madeira proper ; whilst at the Canaries it is still more abundant, and almost certainly universal ; for although it does not happen hitherto to have been observed in Grand Canary, there can be no doubt that it must exist there (as in the other six islands of the Group, in which it has been taken plentifully). Its Canarian habitat is, principally, under the rubbish which has accu- mulated around the base of corn-stacks. K 130 CUCUJIDA. Genus 112. PL(@OSOMA. Wollaston, Ins. Mad. 147 (1854). 372. Pleosoma ellipticum. Pleeosoma ellipticum, Woll., Ins. Mad. 148, tab. ix. f. 9 (1854). —— —, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 49 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in sylvaticis humidis editioribus lignum antiquum putridum parce destruens. Peculiar (so far as observed hitherto) to Madeira proper, where it occurs sparingly beneath the bark of trees and in rotten wood at in- termediate and lofty elevations. Genus 113. COSSYPHODES. Westwood, Trans. Ent. Suc. Lond. i. 168 (1851). 373. Cossyphodes Wollastonii. Cossyphodes Wollastonii, Westw., loc. cit. 170 (1851). —— —, Woll., Ins. Mad. 146, tab. iii. f. 3 (1854). , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 49 (1857). —— —,, ld., Cat. Can. Col. 127. Halitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (7'en., Gom.), formicarum nidos hine inde in locis subinferioribus apricis colens. Occurs in ants’ nests (particularly those of @cophthora pusilla, Heer), in warm, sunny spots in the south of Madeira proper—where it is occasionally far from uncommon. And I have also captured it (though much more sparingly), in similar situations, in Teneriffe and Gomera of the Canarian Group. It is an insect of very difficult lo- cation in a natural system of arrangement, and is merely placed here on account of its according better in some of its structural peculiarities with the Colydiade (though far removed from them in other respects) than perhaps with any Coleopterous family hitherto enunciated. Fam. 21. CUCUJIDA. Genus 114. CAULONOMUS. Wollaston, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. i. 147 (1862). 374. Caulonomus rhizophagoides. Caulonomus rhizophagoides, Woll., loc. cit. 149, pl. 7. f. 2 (1862). — — , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 129 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Ten., Gom., Hierro), sub cortice, necnon CUCUJIDA. 131 in ramulis emortuis, Hwphorbiarum, uni cum Europe, Aphan- arthro, et cet., parce degens. A Canarian insect peculiar to the rotten Euphorbias, and one which will probably occur wherever the latter are to be found. Hitherto however it has been detected only in Lanzarote, Teneriffe, Gomera (where it was captured lately by the Messrs. Crotch), and Hierro. It appears to be somewhat scarce. Genus 115. LEAMOPHLEUS. (Dejean) Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 815 (1845). 375. Lemophleus donacioides. Leemophloeus Donacioides, Woll., Ins. Mad. 159, tab, iii. f. 8 (1854). — —, Id., Cat. Mad. Col, 52 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub cortice arborum presertim in casta- netis parce degens. Occurs beneath bark, though sparingly, in the intermediate alti- tudes of Madeira proper—particularly in the chestnut-woods of the north*, 376. Lemophleus granulatus. Leemophleeus granulatus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 160 (1854). —— ——, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 52 (1857). —— —, Iad., Cat. Can. Col. 130 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Can., Ten., Gom., Palma), _sub cortice arborum presertim in lauretis, hinc inde sat vulgaris. A widely spread species, which occurs beneath bark in the sylvan regions both of Madeira proper and of the Canarian Group—where it will probably be found universally wherever the laurel-forests still remain, I haye taken it commonly in Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and Palma ; and it was captured by the Messrs. Crotch, during the sum- mer of 1864, in Gomera. Although more particularly partial to the laurels, it attaches itself to other trees likewise. 377. Lemophleus pusillus. Cucujus minutus, Oliv. [nec Kugel. in Schneid. Mag. 1791-1794], Ent. iv. bis, 8, 9 (1795). pusillus, Schén., Syn. Ins. iii. 55 (1817). * The L. donacioides is a good deal allied to the granulatus, but is rather larger and darker, with the antennz a little longer and the elytra somewhat more trun- cated behind. Its prothorax also is sensibly wider, though relatively more nar- K 2 1382 CUCUJIDA. Lemophleeus pusillus, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 821 (1846). —— ——,, Woll., Ins. Mad. 162 (1854). —— ——, Id., Cat. Mad, Col. 52 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), et Canarienses (Can., Ten.), cum fru- mentariis et cet. in insulas certe introductus. This little Lemophleus (which is a species liable to transportation, ~ with grain and other articles of commerce, throughout the civilized world) occasionally teems in the storehouses of Funchal, in Madeira proper; and I have taken it (though sparingly) in similar situations — at Las Palmas in Grand Canary, as well as in 8* Cruz of Teneriffe. 378. Lemophleus ferrugineus. Cucujus ferrugineus (Creutz.), Steph., Ill. Brit. Ent. iv. 232 (1831). Leemophloeus ferrugineus, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii, 822 (1846). — » Woll., Ins. Mad. 163 (1854). , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 52 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in locis similibus ac preecedens, ex alienis introductus. Also an introduced species (probably with grain, &c.), like the Z. pusillus. Hitherto, however, it has been observed only in Madeira proper, where it is occasionally common in houses and about various kinds of stores. 379. Lemophleeus clavicollis. Leemophlceus clavicollis et vermiculatus, Wol., Ins. Mad.161,165(1854). et , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 52, 53 (1857). —— ——, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. i. 150 (1862). — — , ld., Cat. Can. Col, 130 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (ins. omnes), sub cortice arborum necnon etiam plantarum, late sed vix copiose diffusus. An almost universal insect throughout these Atlantic islands ; for although at the Madeiran Group it has hitherto been detected only in Madeira proper, we may nevertheless expect it to occur wherever there are plants large enough to afford bark beneath which it can secrete itself, At the Canaries it has been taken in the whole seven islands of the archipelago, and I even met with it on the little rock of Lobos (off the north of Fuerteventura) in the Bocayna Strait. It is found under bark generally, whether of trees or plants, preferring perhaps the various species of Huphorbia. rowed posteriorly ; and its elytral lines are both more distinct and (at any rate the inner ones) less evanescent in front. The pronotum, moreover, of its male sex has usually two large impressions (or rounded foves) placed longitudinally on either side of the hinder disk. CUCUJIDE. 133 380. Lemophleus axillaris. Leemophlceus axillaris, Woll., Ins. Mad. 164, tab. iii. f. 7 (1854). — — , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 53 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in sylvaticis rarissimus. Occurs in the sylvan districts of Madeira proper, chiefly (I believe) beneath the bark of laurels, where, however, it is extremely rare. 381. Lemophleus stenoides. Laemophlous Stenoides, Woll., Ins. Mad. 165, tab. iii. f. 9 (1854). —— — , ld., Cat. Mad. Col. 53 (1857). Halntat Maderenses (Mad.), in locis similibus ac preecedens, rarissimus. Like the last species, apparently peculiar to Madeira proper,— occurring in the sylvan districts, though very rarely. Genus 116. CRYPTAMORPHA. Wollaston, Ins. Mad. 156(1854). 382. Cryptamorpha muse. et damn rae Woll., loc. ett. 157, tab. iv. £1 (1854). Habitat Weatsbcones (a ad.), ‘sab fibris externis laxis Muse sapientum, Linn., in apricis inferioribus occurrens. This beautiful insect seems to reside peculiarly (or nearly so) beneath the loose outer fibre of the Banana-stems,—in which situ- dations it is not uncommon in low, sunny, cultivated grounds around Funchal, in Madeira proper. Possibly therefore it may have been introduced originally into the island, with one or other of the various species of Banana. Genus 117. PEDIACUS. Shuckard, Elem. of Brit. Ent. i. 185 (1839). 383. Pediacus tabellatus. Pediacus tabellatus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 131 (1864), Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), sub cortice rarissimus; semel tantum captus. The only specimen which I have yet seen of this insect was cap- tured by myself (beneath the bark of a felled Spanish chestnut-tree) at the Agua Mansa, in Teneriffe. Possibly it may be but a geo- 134. CUCUJIDR. graphical state of the European P. depressus; but further material would be necessary, for comparison, before such could be ascertained. . Genus 118. XENOSCELIS. Wollaston, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. i, 151* (1862). 384. Xenoscelis deplanatus. Pristoscelis deplanatus, Woll., loc. cit. 152, pl. 7. f. 3 (1862). Xenoscelis deplanatus, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 132 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Palma, Hierro), sub fibris Euphorbiarum laxis latitans. ‘Detected in Teneriffe, Palma, and Hierro, of the Canarian Group —where it is locally common, beneath the outer fibre of the dead Euphorbias. On one occasion, however, (in Palma) I took a single example under the bark of a pine-tree; but as that is the only instance (so far as I am aware) in which the species has been observed away from the Euphorbias, I believe that that particular specimen must have taken shelter there accidentally, and I have therefore no hesitation in regarding the insect as strictly of Euphorbia-infesting habits. In Hierro it was captured abundantly both by Mr. Gray and myself. Genus 119. NAUSIBIUS. (Schaum) Redtenbacher, Fna Austr. (edit. 2) 998 (1858), 385. Nausibius dentatus. Corticaria dentata, Mshm, Ent. Brit. i. 108 (1802). Silvanus dentatus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 167 (1854). , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 54 (1857). , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 132 (1864), Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Lanz., Ten., Giom.), in domibus, certe ex alienis introductus. Clearly an importation into the islands, as indeed it is throughout a large portion of the civilized world—occurring (frequently dead) amongst various articles of commerce, about houses and stores. In such situations it is met with occasionally in Madeira proper; and it has been observed, under similar circumstances, in Lanzarote, Teneriffe, and Gomera, of thg Canarian Group. * The genus is there published as Pristoscelis; but it will be seen that subse- quently (in my Canarian Catalogue) I altered it to Xenoscelis, the former name having already been employed by Dr. Leconte. CUCUJIDE. 135 Genus 120. SILVANUS. Latreille, Gen. Crust. et Ins. iii. 19 (1807). 386. Silvanus surinamensis. Dermestes surinamensis, Linn., Syst. Nat. i. 2. 565 (1767). Anobium frumentarium, Fab., Mant. Ins. i. 39 (1787). Dermestes 6-dentatus, Fub., Ent. Syst. i. 232 (1792). Silvanus Surinamensis, Woll., Ins. Mad. 167 (1854). — , Id., Cat. Mad, Col, 54 (1857). —— —, Id., Cat, Can, Col. 133 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (in Ten. et Gom. solis haud obseryatus), certe introductus; in domibus, granariis et presertim sub recremento farris ad basin acervorum tritici sparso, hine inde vulgaris. An almost cosmopolitan insect, which has been naturalized in Madeira proper through the medium of commerce, as well as at the Canaries. In the latter Group indeed we may: be quite certain that it is universal; for although I am not aware that it happens to have been observed in either Teneriffe or Gomera, there can be no doubt whatsoever that it must exist in both of them (as it does in the other five islands of the archipelago). It occurs about houses and granaries, and frequently teems beneath the refuse at the base of corn-stacks. 387. Silvanus unidentatus. Ips unidentata, Oliv., Ent. ii. 18. 12, pl. 1. f. 4 (1790). ermestes unidentatus, Fab., Ent. Syst. i. 232 (1792). Silvanus unidentatus, Lrich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 338 (1846). , Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 53 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in castanetis editioribus supra urbem Funchalensem sub cortice laxo parce occurrens. This European Silvanus occurs sparingly in Madeira proper, where it was detected by the late Mr. Bewicke beneath the bark of Spanish chestnut-trees on the mountains above Funchal. It is not unlikely that it may have become accidentally naturalized there from more northern latitudes. 388. Silvanus nubigena. Silvanus nubigena, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. xi. 217 (1863). —— — ,, Iid., Cat. Can. Col. 133 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), inter lapillos ramulosque emortuos sub arbusculis Spartii nubigene humi jacentes, usque ad 9000's. m. ascendens. Velocissime currit. 136 _ CRYPTOPHAGIDA. Hitherto I have observed this interesting and~truly indigenous Stlvanus only in the very elevated regions of Teneriffe which are characterized by the presence of the Spartium nubigena, or “ Retama ”’—from about 6000 to 9000 feet above the sea. It occurs amongst the small stones and rotten sticks which accumulate beneath the shrubs of the Retama in the dry cindery districts, run- ning with the utmost rapidity. In such’situations I have taken it on the lofty Cumbre (overlooking the Canadas) above Ycod el Alto, as well as on the opposite heights above the Agua Mansa. It bears a considerable resemblance, primd facie, to the European S. elon- gatus ; but the points (some of them structural ones) which imme- diately distinguish it from that species have been fully alluded to in my diagnostic remarks. 389. Silvanus advena. sie aay ferrugineus, Sturm, Cat. 127 (1826). vena (Kunze), Waltl, in Silb. Rev. Ent. ii. 256 (1834). Sileanns advena, Hrich., Nat. der Ins, Deutsch. iii. 389 (1846). ——, Woll., Ins. Mad. 168 (1854). a , , Id., Cat, Mad. Col. 54 (1857). 7 Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Ten.), sub quisquiliis in cultis parce occurrens. The European S. advena is not uncommon, under garden-refuse and about houses, in Madeira proper; but the only Canarian ex- ample which I have yet seen was captured by the Messrs. Crotch, during the summer of 1864, at Souzal in Teneriffe—* out of thatch.” Fam. 22. CRYPTOPHAGIDA:. Genus 121. CRYPTOPHAGUS. Herbst, Kaf. iv. 172 [script. Kryptophagus | (1792). 390. Cryptophagus saginatus. Cryptophagus saginatus (Schiipp.), Sturm, Deutsch. Fna,xvi, 88 (1845). , Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 354 (184 6). — —-_, , Woll,, ‘Cat. Mad. Col. 54 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad. ), certe ex alienis introductus; 4 Dom. Bewicke parce captus. Two specimens of this European Cryptophagus, captured by the late Mr. Bewicke near Funchal in Madeira proper, are all that I have yet seen from these Atlantic islands. Like the C. cellaris and CRYPTOPHAGID®. 137 affinis, it has probably been naturalized from more northern lati- tudes. 391. Cryptophagus cellaris. Dermestes cellaris, Scopoli, Ent. Carn. 16 (1763). Cryptophagus crenatus, Sturm, Deutsch. Fna, xvi. 70 (1845). — cellaris, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 8361 (1846). a , Woll., Cat. Mad, Col, 55 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Y'en.), in domibus et , granarlis parce occurrens. Occurs sparingly in houses and granaries around Funchal in Madeira proper, where (like the last species) it has doubtless been introduced from Europe; and two examples of it were captured by the Messrs. Crotch in Teneriffe. ; 392. Cryptophagus dentatus. Kateretes dentatus, Hbst, Kaf. v. 15, tab. 45. f. 6 (1798). Cryptophagus dentatus et pallidus, Sturm, Deut. Pna, xvi. 67,69 (1845). , Erich,, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii, 364 (1846). — — , Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 56 (1857). ° —, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 185 (1864). Habitat Maderenses ( Mad.) et Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert., Ten., Gom., Palma), vel in cultis vel sub cortice laxo in lauretis editioribus vulgaris. The European C. dentatus is widely spread over these Atlantic islands, where it would seem to have completely established itself— occurring not merely in houses and under the refuse at the base of corn-stacks, but (far more frequently) in the open country at a comparatively high elevation, where it is common beneath the bark of trees within the sylvan districts. In both of these situations it is found in Madeira proper and at the Canaries, in the latter of which we may be pretty sure that it is universal; for although it does not happen to have been observed yet in either Grand Canary or Hierro (where it must doubtless exist nevertheless), it has been captured more or less abundantly in the other five islands of the archipelago. Its presence in Gomera is on the authority of the Messrs. Crotch, who met with it plentifully in the laurel-woods above Hermigua. 393. Cryptophagus affinis. Cryptophagus affinis, Sturm, Deutsch. Fna, xvi. 79 (1845). , Evich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 860 (1846). —— —, Woll., Ins. Mad. 170 (1854). 138 ; CRYPTOPHAGIDA. Cryptophagus affinis, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 57 (1857). —— —, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 136 (1864), Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Ten., Gom., Hierro), in domibus ac granariis hine inde vulgaris. Doubtless imported originally into the islands from more northern latitudes ; nevertheless it is now widely spread, and rather common, — about houses and granaries. In such situations it is often abundant in Madeira proper, particularly amongst Indian corn; whilst at the Canaries, although perhaps less plentiful, I have little doubt that it will be found to be universal. Hitherto, however, it has been observed only in Teneriffe, Gomera (where it was taken by the Messrs. Crotch), and Hierro. 394. Cryptophagus obesulus. Cryptophagus obesulus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col, 136 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert.), preesertim sub recremento farris circa basin acervorum tritici sparso hinc inde vulgaris. Hitherto observed only in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, the two eastern islands of the Canarian Group—where, however, it is locally common, under the rubbish at the base of corn-stacks. And I once met with it beneath the refuse of a camels’ stable. 395. Cryptophagus impressus. Cryptophagus impressus, Woll., Append. huj. op. 22. Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), 4 DD. Crotch bis deprehensus. Two examples of this distinct Oryptophagus (which is fully described in the Appendix) were captured by the Messrs. Crotch in Teneriffe, during their late trip to the Canaries; but they are all that I have yet seen. 396. Cryptophagus fusiformis. Cryptophagus fusiformis, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. i, 156 (1862). , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 137 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (7'en.), rarior ; preecipue sub cortice Huphorbi- arum in locis editioribus degens. A Canarian Cryptophagus which I have detected hitherto only in Teneriffe, where moreover it would seem to be scarce. It occurs in the higher elevations, and has more the appearance of being truly CRYPTOPHAGIDA. 189 indigenous than any of the preceding species—the few examples which I have seen haying been taken principally (if not indeed entirely) beneath the bark of Euphorbias on the mountains to the north of S@ Cruz. 397. Cryptophagus nitiduloides. Cryptophagus Nitiduloides, Woll., Ins. Mad. (Append.) 618 (1854). —— ——, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 58 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub cortice in lauretis humidis editioribus rarissimus ; certe indigenus. Peculiar to the sylvan districts of Madeira proper, where it appears to be truly indigenous and extremely rare—the few speci- mens hitherto detected having been taken from beneath the bark of laurels in damp and remote spots. It was first captured in 1851 (by the Rev. R. T. Lowe) at the Ribeiro Frio, and was found subsequently (by myself) in the north of the island. 398. Cryptophagus hesperius. Cryptophagus hesperius, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. xi. 217 (1863). , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 137 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can., Ten., Gom., Palma, Hierro), valde indi- genus; in sylvaticis subsylvaticisque vulgaris. A strictly Canarian species which has been taken in all the islands of the Group except the two eastern ones, Lanzarote and Fuerteven- tura. It is a truly indigenous insect, occurring (often very abun- dantly) in sylvan and subsylvan spots of intermediate altitudes. The examples from Hierro (where I captured a single specimen, in February 1858, and whence several more are now before me which were taken by the Messrs. Crotch) have their punctation just perceptibly stronger and denser, their pubescence a little longer and more erect, and their elytra a trifle convexer and more fusiform (or rounded off at the shoulders); but I do not believe that they represent more than a slight insular phasis of the hesperius. Never- theless in my Canarian Catalogue I defined them as the “var. f. occidentalis” ; so that if they should prove hereafter to be specifi- cally distinct, the species of which they are the exponents will have to stand under that name. Genus 122. MNIONOMUS. Wollaston, Cat. Can. Col. 188 (1864). 140 CRYPTOPHAGIDE. 399. Mnionomus ellipticus. Mnionomus ellipticus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 138 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Yen.), inter muscos et sub foliis marcidis in lauretis editioribus parce occurrens. 7 A Canarian insect which I have observed hitherto only in the sylvan districts of Teneriffe, where it occurs beneath fallen leaves and amongst damp moss in the laurel-woods of intermediate alti- tudes. It is clearly, however, both local and rare ; for it escaped the researches of the Messrs. Crotch, and the only regions in which I have myself taken it are Las Mercedes and the Agua Garcia*. Genus 123. PARAMECOSOMA. Curtis, ix Ent. Mag. i. 186 (1833). 400. Paramecosoma simplex. Paramecosoma simplex, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 59 (1857). , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 141 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Fuert., Ten., Gom., Hierro), sub quisquiliis degens. Rather common in Madeira proper, principally under garden- refuse about Funchal; but at the Canaries, where it has been taken. in Fuerteventura, Teneriffe, Gomera, and Hierro, it appears to be less abundant—though probably, when searched for in the right localities, it will be found to be pretty general throughout that Group. Indeed the Messrs. Crotch report it as somewhat plentiful in Gomera; but in Fuerteventura, where I obtained it beneath the refuse of a camels’ stable, it is decidedly scarce. I have seen but one specimen from Teneriffe, and one from Hierro—both of which were captured by the Messrs. Crotch. Genus 124, LEUCOHIMATIUM. Rosenhauer, Die Thiere Andalus. 179 (1856). 401. Leucohimatium elongatum. Paramecosoma elongata, Sturm, Deutsch. Fna, xviii. 72, pl. 342. f. a. A. (1846). * In my diagnosis of this insect I omitted to call attention to the fact that each elytron has a slight tendency to have a longitudinal subglabrous line down its entire length, at some distance from the suture. In a specimen now before me, which was collected in Teneriffe by the Messrs. Crotch, this line is quite evident (and has almost the appearance of being somewhat raised); but in the examples from which my description was compiled it is so extremely faint as to be scarcely appreciable, and consequently I altogether failed to observe it. CRYPTOPHAGIDEA. 141 ‘Paramecosoma elongata, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 371 (1846). Leucohimatium angustum, Rosenh., loc. cit. 179 (1856). elongatum, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. x. 290 (1862). ae mi 7 Cat. Can. Col. 140 (1864), Habitat Maderenses oe) et Canarienses (Palma), sub lapidibus rarissimus. This European insect is of the greatest rarity in these Atlantic islands, nevertheless it occurs both at the Madeiran and Canarian Groups. Indeed three Atlantic specimens are all that I have yet seen,—two of which were taken by the late Mr. F. A. Anderson, above Funchal, in Madeira proper; whilst the third was captured by myself at the Canaries, below Argual on the western side of Palma. Genus 125. HYPOCOPRUS. Motschulsky, Bull. de Moscou, 72 [ script. Upocoprus] (1839). 402. Hypocoprus latridioides. py se a lathidioides, Mots., loc. cit. 73, tab. v. f. d-p'" (1839). mecinomus Hochuthii, Chaud., Bull. de Mos. ii. 206 (1845). Migalene caucasicum, Kolen., Melet. Ent. iii. 43 (1845). Hypocoprus Hochuthii, Woll., ’ Cat. Can. Col. 141 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom.), sub quisquiliis in intermediis rarissimus, This minute and somewhat scarce European insect occurs very rarely at the Canaries, where, however, it altogether escaped my own observation. Three examples only have come beneath my notice hitherto. They were taken by the Messrs. Crotch—two at Ycod el Alto in Teneriffe, and the third in Gomera. 403. Hypocoprus Motschulskii. Hypocoprus Motschulskii, Woll., Ins. Mad. 174 (1854). — — , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 59 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (P? S?), semel tantum repertus ; an preecedentis varietas? Ex specimine tamen unico et forsan immaturo vix adjudicare licet. The only specimen which I have seen of this Hypocoprus was captured by myself (during 1849) in Porto Santo, of the Madeiran Group; and inasmuch as the H. latridioides has now been detected at the Canaries, I cannot but feel it probable that the Porto Santan insect may after all be conspecific with it. Nevertheless, as there certainly do seem to be a few small characters (some of which I 142 - CRYPTOPHAGIDA. alluded to in my ‘ Ins. Mad,’) which appear to separate the unique Porto Santan individual from a Gomeran one at present in my pos- session, I think perhaps, since the former has already been described as distinct, that it would not be desirable to assign it absolutely to the latridioides—at any rate until further material has been obtained*. Genus 126. ATOMARTIA. (Kirby) Steph., IU. Brit. Ent. iii. 64 (1880). 404. Atomaria pilosula. Atomaria pilosula, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 142 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), in montibus valde elevatis rarissima. The only example which I have seen of this Atomaria was cap- tured by myself in Teneriffe, on the elevated Cumbre adjoining the Cafiadas, more than 8000 feet above the sea. It is closely allied to the A. canariensis; but I believe that the distinctions alluded to in my diagnosis will separate it from that species. 405. Atomaria canariensis. Atomaria canariensis, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 142 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (ins. omnes), sat vulgaris; in locis inferioribus intermediisque degens. Although nowhere very common, this Atomaria is universal throughout the low and (more especially) intermediate elevations of the Canarian Group—in the whole seven islands of which it has been taken, more or less abundantly. It is a variable insect, both in size and hue. 406. Atomaria laticollis. Atomaria laticollis, Woll., Append. huj. op. 22. Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), in intermediis 4 DD. Crotch deprehensa. Like the last, a Canarian Atomaria and truly indigenous—having been captured by the Messrs. Crotch at Ycod el Alto in Teneriffe, * If the Porto Santan specimen be quite mature (which I think, however, is extremely doubtful), the H. Motschulskii would appear to be of a ferruginous- brown, instead of black. Judging also from my unique type, it is (if anything) a trifle larger than the Hochuthii, with its antenne a little longer, and its head perhaps somewhat more developed. Its elytra likewise seem to be appreciably straighter at the sides, or more parallel, and rather less abbreviated. Still, dif- ferences such as these, in an insect so minute, and with merely a solitary example for comparison, may possibly be more apparent than real. CRYPTOPHAGID A. 143 during the summer of 1864. A reference to my diagnosis given in the Appendix will show that it is an exceedingly peculiar and well- defined species. 407. Atomaria pusilla. Dermestes pusillus, Payk., Fauna Suec. i. 295 (1798). Silpha pheogaster et evanescens, Mshm., Ent. Brit. 125,126 (1802). Atomaria pusilla, Hrich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 397 (1846). » Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. iv. 71 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), forsan ex Europa introducta; exemplar unicum sub ligno in montibus supra Funchal nuper detexit cl. C. Wolff, M.D. Only a solitary example of this common European Atomaria has — been captured hitherto in these Atlantic Groups. It was found in Madeira proper, beneath a log of wood in the cultivated district at “the Mount,” above Funchal; and its discovery is due to the late researches of Dr. C. Wolff, to whom we are indebted for three more additions* to the Madeiran fauna. Dr. Wolff is of opinion, from the circumstances under which he found it, that the specimen could hardly have been an introduced one; nevertheless I suspect that, like many other minute Coleoptera easy of transmission (in boxes of plants, &c.) from more northern latitudes, the species at all events is probably of recent establishment in the island. 408. Atomaria munda.- Atomaria munda, Lrich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch, iii. 338 (1846). —— ——,, Redt., Fna Austr. 195 (1849). , Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. iv. 64 (1857). —— —,, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 60 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), et Canarienses (Zen.), in intermediis rarissima. —_——_ A European Atomaria which occurs very sparingly, at intermediate elevations, both in the Madeiran and Canarian Groups. In Madeira proper I have taken it at S. Antonio da Serra; and in Teneriffe it was captured, during the summer of 1864, by the Messrs. Crotch, at Ycod el Alto. 7 409. Atomaria apicalis. Atomaria apicalis, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 395 (1846). — —,, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. iv. 78 (1857). —— —, l., Cat. Mad. Col. 61 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) rarissima; semel tantum lecta. * Namely, the Tarphius Wolffii, Woll.; the Lixus anguinus? Linn. ; and the Procas picipes, Mshm. 144 CRYPTOPHAGIDA. Hitherto I have seen but a single Atlantic specimen of this Euro- pean Atomaria. It was captured by myself, during the summer of 1855, in Madeira proper; but as it was taken in so remote a district as the Boa Ventura (though certainly in the neighbourhood of culti- vated grounds), I can scarcely suppose that it had been accidentally | imported into the island. 410. Atomaria rubricollis. Atomaria ruficollis*, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 143 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), sub foliis dejectis in sylvaticis humidis editioribus parce occurrens, This beautiful Canarian Atomaria occurs beneath fallen leaves, &c., in the damp sylvan districts of intermediate and lofty elevations. Under such circumstances I have taken it in Teneriffe, where it was met with likewise by the Messrs. Crotch during the summer of 1864. 411. Atomaria venusta. Atomaria venusta, Woll., Append. huj. op. 23. Habitat Canarienses (G'om.), & DD. Crotch sub quisquiliis foliisque dejectis nuper reperta. Detected by the Messrs. Crotch (during their late Canarian cam- paign) in Gomera. At first sight it closely resembles the A. rubri- collis, of which perhaps it may be regarded as the Gomeran repre- sentative ; but the many characters which (when carefully inspected) separate it therefrom have been fully pointed out in the Appendix to this volume. 412. Atomaria bulbosa. Atomaria bulbosa, Woll., Append. huj. op. 24. Habitat Canarienses (Gom.), & DD. Crotch estate a.p. 1864 sat copiose lecta. Found hitherto only in Gomera, of the Canarian Group, where an extensive series (now before me) was captured during the summer of 1864 by the Messrs. Crotch. * Having already described this insect minutely, I may be permitted to alter its name to rubricollis without giving a fresh diagnosis; for although the title of ruficollis has already sunk into a mere synonym amongst the European Atfomarie, still, inasmuch as it was employed by Panzer (vide Fna Germ. 99. 13) for the nigripennis of Paykull, it of course cannot properly be again made use of in the same genus. CRYPTOPHAGIDA. 145 413. Atomaria insecta. Atomaria insecta, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 61 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub foliis marcidis in sylvaticis humidis editioribus rarissima. A Madeiran Atomaria belonging, like the following one, to an indigenous and rather peculiar type. It has been found only in Madeira proper, where it occurs (though very rarely) beneath damp leaves and refuse in the sylvan districts of a high elevation. The Lombarda das Vacas is the principal region in which I have ob- served it, on the mountains to the east of Sao Vicente, in the north of the island, 414. Atomaria alternans. Ephistemus alternans, Woll., Ins. Mad. 177 (1854). Atomaria alternans, Jd., Cat. Mad. Col. 62 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in locis similibus ac precedens sed frequentior. Likewise peculiar to the sylvan regions of Madeira proper, where it occurs in the same kind of places as the A. insecta, but (although decidedly scarce) somewhat more frequently. , Genus 127. EPISTEMUS. (Westwood) Steph., Zl. Brit. Ent. ii. 167 (script. Ephistemus | (1829). 415, Epistemus gyrinoides. Dermestes gyrinoides, Mshm., Ent. Brit. 77 (1802). Phalacrus dimidiatus, Sturm, Deutsch. Fna, ii. 85, t. 32. f. p (1807). Ephistemus gyrinoides, Steph., Ill. Brit. Ent. ii. 168 (1829). —— dimidiatus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 176 (1854). —— gyrinoides, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 63 (1857). Epistemus gyrinoides, Jd., Cat. Can. Col. 144 (1864), Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Can., Ten., Gom.), sub quisquiliis haud infrequens. The £. gyrinoides, so universal throughout Europe, is widely spread over these islands; and though nowhere very abundant, never- theless, when searched for in the proper localities, it will probably be found to be nearly universal in both Groups. Hitherto it has been detected only in Madeira proper; and in Grand Canary, Tene- riffe, and Gomera, of the Canarian archipelago. 146 _ LATRIDIADZA. Fam. 23. LATRIDIADZ. Genus 128. CHOLOVOCERA. Motschulsky, Bull. de Moscou, 177 (1888). 416. Cholovocera Mader. Coccinella succina, Heineken, in litt. Cholovocera Maderse, Westw., in litt. , Woll., Ins. Mad. 180, tab. x. f. 1 (1854), , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 64 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), rarissima; 4 cl. Heineken, M.D., semel reperta, The single example, captured many years ago by the late Dr. Heineken in Madeira proper, is all that has yet been brought to light of this insect ; which is a somewhat remarkable fact, when we consider how long and carefully the islands of the Madeiran Group have now been (at intervals) investigated. Yet there is no reason for suspecting that it was taken elsewhere, for the species has not been observed in any other country. In all probability it is an inhabitant of ants’ nests. Genus 129. ANOMMATUS. Wesmael, Bull. de Acad. de Brucell, ii. 339, tab. 4 (1836). 417. Anommatus 12-striatus. Lyctus 12-striatus, Miill., in Germ. Mag. iv. 190 (1821). Anonmatus terricola, Wesm., loc. cit. 339 (1836). —— 12-striatus, Hrich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch, iii. 286 (1845). » Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. vy. 258 (1860). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub ligno recenter secto truncisque arborum prolapsis in cultis intermediis rarissimus. This minute European insect has been observed hitherto only in Madeira proper, of all these Atlantic islands,—where it was detected by myself, during December 1858, beneath the trunk of a felled cherry-tree which was lying on the damp ground at the bottom of the Curral das Freiras ; subsequently, however, it has been eaptured by Senhor Moniz, under the chippings of Spanish chestnut-trees at St Anna, in the north of the island *. * For observations on the structure and affinities of Anommatus, compare my remarks in the ‘ Ann. of Nat. Hist.’ (3rd series) v. pp. 257 & 258. LATRIDIADA, 147 Genus 130. HOLOPARAMECUS. Curtis, in Ent. Mag. i. 186 (1833). —§ I. Antenne 9- et 10- (an secundum sexum ?) articulate. 418. Holoparamecus Kunzii. Calyptobium Kunzei, Aubé, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, i. (1843). Holoparamecus Kunzei, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 259 (1860). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), circa urbem Funchalensem rarissimus. The H. Kunzii, which seems to occur sparingly in many distant parts of the civilized world, and which (like most of the Holopara- meci) is eminently liable to accidental dispersion through human agencies, is found occasionally about houses and amongst garden- refuse around Funchal in Madeira proper; but it has not yet been detected in any of the other islands. Like the H. singularis, its antenne are sometimes 9- and at others 10-articulate,—a variation which is probably a sexual one, though this has not yet been posi- tively ascertained. That the variation, however, exists in the Kunzit, no less than in the singularis, I have lately satisfied myself by a most careful observation; though when I compiled my Canarian Catalogue I was under the impression (vide p. 146) that the antennse of the Kunzei were in all instances 10-jointed. 419. Holoparamecus singularis. Silvanus singularis, Beck, Beitr. zur Baierisch. Insectenf. (1817). Amphibolonarzron difficile, Villa, Cat. Col. Eur. 26 (1833). Holoparamecus depressus, Curt., Lint. Mag. i. 186 (1833). a , Id., Brit. Ent, xiii. 614 (1836). Calyptobium Vill, Aubé, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, i. 243 (1843). Holoparamecus singularis, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 145 (1864), Habitat Canarienses (Lanz.), rarissime ; sub quisquiliis semel captus. The only Atlantic specimen which I have seen of this minute insect (which is widely, though sparingly, diffused over Europe and the north of Africa) was captured by myself from under vegetable refuse in the north of Lanzarote, in the Canarian Group. § IL. Antenne semper 11-articulate. 420. Holoparamecus caularum. Calyptobium caularum, Aubé, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de F., i. 244 (1843). , Redt., Fna Austr. 204 (1849). Holoparamecus caularum, Woll., Cat: Can. Col. 144 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz.), sub quisquiliis semel tantum lectus. Bs 148 LATRIDIAD&. As in the case of the last species, the only Atlantic example of this European Holoparamecus which has yet come beneath my notice I captured in the north of Lanzarote, in the Canarian Group— from under vegetable refuse, near Haria. 421. Holoparamecus niger. Calyptobium nigrum, Chevrier, in litt. , Aubé, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, i. 246 (1843). Holoparamecus niger, Woll., Ins. Mad. 182 (1854). , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 64 (1857). —— ——,, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 145 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P S*) et Canarienses (7'en.), sub lapi- dibus in inferioribus ac paululum elevatis precipue latens. The H. niger, which occurs in Sicily, is common at the Madeiras—. where it is usually to be met with under stones and scoriz, in sunny spots of low and intermediate altitudes. Hitherto it has been taken only in Madeira proper and Porto Santo, but we may expect to find it on the Desertas likewise. At the Canaries, however, it is decidedly scarce, where, indeed, it entirely escaped my own researches; but two examples were captured by Dr. Crotch, during the spring of 1862, in Teneriffe. Genus 131. CORTICARIA. Marsham, Ent. Brit. 106 (1802). 422. Corticaria pubescens. Latridius pubescens, Zdhg., in litt. , Gyll., Ins. Suec. iv. 125 (1827). Corticaria pubescens, Steph., Ill. Brit. Ent. iii. 106 (1830). , Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. vy. 260 (1860). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Jen.), sub recremento culmi necnon in cultis circa domos hine inde occurrens. I have not myself observed this common European Corticaria in any of these Atlantic islands; nevertheless it was taken on several occasions by the late Mr. Bewicke in Madeira proper, and a few specimens have been found by the Messrs. Crotch in Teneriffe (namely, “in thatch at Souzal’’) during their late Canarian campaign. We may expect it, therefore, to occur pretty generally if searched for in the right situations. 423. Corticaria fulva. Latridius fulvus (Chevr.), Villa, Cat. Col. Eur. 45 (1833). -_——_. LATRIDIADZ. 149 - Corticaria fulva, Mann., in Germ. Zeit. fiir die Ent. v. 42 ssc , Woll., Ins. Mad. 185 (1854). —— ——' Iid., Cat. Mad. Col, 65 (1857). —— ——} Id., Cat. Can. Col. 146 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Lanz., Ten.), forsan in- troducta ; in domibus et granariis parce occurrens. The European C. fulva occurs sparingly (in and about houses) both at the Madeiran and Canarian Groups, where it has probably become established from more northern latitudes. It has been taken in Madeira proper, of the former, and in Lanzarote and Teneriffe, of the latter; but we may expect to meet with it pretty generally throughout the islands, except those which are uninhabited. 424, Corticaria crenicollis. , Corticaria crenicollis ?, Mann.,in Germ. Zeit. fiir die Ent. v. 37 (1844). — —, Woll., Ins. Mad. 185 (1854). — —, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 64 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), semel reperta; vix, nisi fallor, preece- dentis varietas. A single example, taken many years ago in Madeira proper, em- bodies the whole evidence that I possess for the admission of this Euro- pean Corticaria amongst the Atlantic Coleoptera. And considering also that I am far from satisfied that even that specimen has been correctly determined, I cannot but feel a suspicion that perhaps after all the C. crenicollis should not properly be included in the Madeiran Catalogue. Yet the individual on which its insertion rests (and which was originally identified with the crenicollis by Motschulsky) does not, I think, accord sufficiently with the fulva to be regarded as even an accidental variety of that insect. But it is quite possible that such may be the case; and I would therefore merely wish to state that further material is greatly required before the species can be looked upon as an undoubted member of our fauna. 425. Corticaria maculosa. Corticaria maculosa, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. ii. 408 (1858). —, Id., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. i. 186 (1862). —, Id., Cat. Can, Col. 147 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (in Can. sola haud obser- vata), passim; ab oré maritima usque ad 8000’ s. m. ascendens. Widely spread over the low and intermediate districts of Madeira proper; whilst at the Canaries there cannot be a question that it is 150 LATRIDIADZE. universal, Grand Canary (where, however, we may be quite sure that it exists) being the only island of the seven in which it does not happen to have been observed. In the other six islands of the archi- pelago, indeed, I have myself captured it, and in some of them it has been taken likewise by others. And I even met with it on the little rock of Lobos (in the Bocayna Strait), off the north of Fuerteventura. It occurs in many different situations (under the bark of Euphor- bias, and elsewhere) from the sea-level to an altitude of at least 8000 feet; and it varies from a brightly maculated to a pale-ferru- ginous state. | 426. Corticaria serrata. Dermestes serratus, Payk., Fna Suec. i. 300 (1798). Corticaria rotulicollis, Woll., Ins. Mad. 184 (1854). , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 64 (1857). — serrata, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 148 (1864). ‘Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert., Ten., HMierro), in cultis et precipue sub recremento farris ad basin acervorum tritici sparso hinc inde vulgaris. The common European C. serrata has probably been naturalized in these islands from more northern latitudes. It occurs principally about cultivated grounds and beneath the refuse at the base of corn- stacks, though it has likewise established itself in less inhabited districts. In such situations it is found in Madeira proper, as also in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Teneriffe, and Hierro, of the Cana- rian Group. It will most likely, however, be met with almost uni- versally if searched for in the proper localities. 427. Corticaria inconspicua. Corticaria inconspicua, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 260 (1860). ——,, Id., Append. huj. op. 24. Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in hortis et circa domos precipue degens ; vix precedentis varietas minor, depauperata, inconspicua. Found in Madeira proper, about out-houses and cultivated grounds —much in the same way as the last species, to which, indeed, it is very closely allied. Iscarcely think, however, that it can be a small or depauperated state of the serrata ; for its characters (such as they are) seem to remain constant. It has been met with around Funchal, and at 8. Antonio da Serra; but it is the former district in which it has been observed most plentifully,—it having occurred in abund- ance, amongst some old bones, in Mr. Leacock’s garden at the Quinta de Sao Joao. LATRIDIADZ. 151 «428. Corticaria rotundicollis. Corticaria rotundicollis, Woll., Ins. Mad. 186 (1854). — — , I., Cat. Mad. Col. 65 (1857), Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in sylvaticis editioribus parce occurrens. Observed hitherto only in Madeira proper, where it occurs spa- ringly within the sylvan districts of intermediate and rather lofty elevations. 429. Corticaria angulata. Corticaria angulata, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 148 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert., Can.), hinc inde haud infrequens. A Canarian species which I have detected hitherto only in Lan- zarote, Fuerteventura, and Grand Canary, where, however, it is locally far from uncommon, 430. Corticaria curta. Corticaria truncatella? (Mots.), Mann., in Germ. Zeitsch. v. 59 (1844). — curta, Woll., Ins. Mad. 187 (1854). — — , Id. Cat. Mad. Col. 65 (1857). —— —, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 149 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (in Chao soli non observata) et Canarienses (in HMeerro soli haud detecta), late sed vix copiose diffusa. Although nowhere very abundant, this seems to be the universal Corticaria of these islands—in the whole of which I have no doubt that it will be found to occur. Already indeed it has been observed in every one of the Madeiran islands except the Flat Deserta (or Ilheo Chao), and in all the Canarian ones except Hierro; so that we may feel pretty sure that it is quite universal. : It is a European species, and has lately been captured in England by Mr, Brewer—who considered it to be the truncatella, Mann. If this should prove to be correct, of course the name of curta will have to be suppressed; but as I am informed by Mr. Rye that the British examples do not by any means accord with Mannerheim’s diagnosis, I cannot alter the title under which I described the Atlantic insect until this question has been properly decided. 431. Corticaria tenella, Corticaria tenella, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 150 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can., Ten., Gom., Palma, Hierro), passin. 152 LATRIDIAD.. A rather insignificant little Corticaria which is widely spread over the Canarian Group, in all the islands of which it has been detected except the two eastern ones—Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. 432. Corticaria fagi. Corticaria Fagi, Woll.,. Ins. Mad. 188 (1854). , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 65 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in sylvaticis intermediis presertim cas- tanetis hine inde vulgaris. A little species much allied to (though perfectly distinct from) the European C. elongata, and one which has been observed hitherto only in the wooded regions of Madeira proper—particularly in the north of the island. It seems to be attached principally to the Spanish chestnut-trees. Genus 132. LATRIDIUS. Herbst, Natursyst. v. 8 (1793). 433. Latridius assimilis. Lathridius assimilis, Mann., in Germ. Zeit. fiir die Ent. v. 98 (1844). , Woll., Ins. Mad. 189 (1854). —— —, ld., Cat. Mad. Col 65 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), preecipue in cultis parce degens. ny The European Z. assimilis occurs sparingly in Madeira proper, principally within the cultivated districts. 434, Latridius minutus. Tenebrio minutus, Zinn., Nat. Syst. ii. 675 (1767). Lathridius minutus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 190 (1854). , Ld., Cat. Mad. Col. 65 (1857). Latridius minutus, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 151 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Can., Ten., Gom., Palm., Merro) vulgaris. The Z. minutus, so general throughout Europe, and so widely spread in distant parts of the world, is doubtless all but universal in these Atlantic islands (where, most likely, it has been established from more northern latitudes). Nevertheless at the Madeiran Group it has been observed hitherto only in Madeira proper, where it abounds at low and intermediate altitudes. At the Canaries it is somewhat less common, yet probably universal—Lanzarote and LATRIDIADA. 153 Fuerteventura being the only islands of the seven in which it does not happen as yet to have been detected. 435. Latridius opacipennis. Latridius opacipennis, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 151 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), in sylvaticis semel tantum repertus. A single specimen, captured at the Agua Garcia in Teneriffe, embodies all that I yet know concerning this Latridius ; and peculiar as its characters most unquestionably are, I nevertheless cannot feel perfectly satisfied that it may not be some very anomalous, accidental (or even abortive) form of the minutus. At any rate further evidence is much needed in order to ascertain for certain that its features are constant, and not the result of any lusus Nature. 436. Latridius transversus. Ips transversa, Oliv., Ent. ii. 18. 20 (1790). Lathridius transversus, Mann., in Germ. Zeit. fiir die Ent. v. 94 (1844). —— —, Woll., Ins. Mad. 191 (1854). — — , lad.. Cat. Mad, Col. 66 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), preecipue in cultis rarior. A most abundant European insect, but one which has been ob- served hitherto only in Madeira proper of all the Atlantic islands. There, however, it is widely spread, though somewhat scarce, and has probably been naturalized from more northern latitudes. 437. Latridius delectus. | Lathridius delectus, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. ii. 409 (1858). Latridius delectus, Id., Append. hj. op. 25. Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), preecipue in subinferioribus sat rarus. Occurs sparingly around Funchal, in Madeira proper; but it has not yet been detected in any of the other islands. In Mr. Leacock’s garden at the Quinta de Sao Joao it was taken abundantly by the late Mr. Bewicke, beneath the dead leaves (and refuse) of Sugar- canes, 438. Latridius ruficollis. Corticaria ruficollis, Mshm, Ent. Brit. 111 (1802). Lathridius liliputanus, Mann., in Germ. Zeit. fiir die Ent. v. 85 (1844). -ruficollis, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 66 (1857). Latridius ruficollis, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 152 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Lanz.), sub quisquiliis recrementoque foeni hinc inde occurrens. 154 LATRIDIADE, A European Latridius which occurs, very locally, both at the Madeiras and Canaries. Though probably if searched for in the right situations (beneath the refuse, around the base of hay-stacks), it would be found to be pretty general, as yet it has been observed only in Madeira proper, and in Lanzarote of the Canarian Group. Genus 133. METOPHTHALMUS. Wollaston, Ins. Mad, 192 (1854). 439. Metophthalmus asperatus. Metophthalmus asperatus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 193, tab. iv. f. 4 (1854). —, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 67 (1857). —— —,, ld., Append. huj. op. 25. Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub cortice arido laxo necnon inter lig- num antiquum pulverulentum in sylvaticis intermediis occurrens. Found in the sylvan districts of Madeira proper, where it occurs amongst dry rotten wood, and under mouldy bark, at intermediate altitudes. In such situations it appears to feed upon some kind of minute Cryptogam, or perhaps a Zhallus, with the white particles of which it is often (particularly on the underside) densely powdered*. 440. Metophthalmus ferrugineus. Metophthalmus ferrugineus, Woll., Append. huj. op. 26. Habitat Canarienses (Hierro), 4 DD. Crotch sat copiose repertus. Captured abundantly by the Messrs. Crotch in Hierro, the most western island of the Canarian Group, where it would seem to re- present the M. encaustus of Teneriffe and Gomera. 441, Metophthalmus encaustus. Metophthalmus encaustus, Woll., Append. huj. op. 26. Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom.), inter lignum antiquum et sub foliis aridis dejectis degens. Likewise a Canarian species, occurring in the sylvan districts of Teneriffe and Gomera,—in the latter ef which the Messrs. Crotch lately met with it abundantly, by sifting dead leaves and other dry refuse. * Specimens of the Mould amongst which I captured a profusion of the M. asperatus, in the dry tinder-like wood of an old Til-tree at the Ribeiro Frio, were submitted to the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, who identified it with the Rhinotrichum Bloxhami, Berk. MYCETOPHAGID. 155 442, Metophthalmus sculpturatus. Metophthalmus sculpturatus, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. x. 290 (1862). — — , ld., Append. huj. op. 26. Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub cortice laxo arido in intermediis captus. Detected abundantly by the late Mr. Bewicke in Madeira proper —hbeneath the bark of plane-trees at the Palmeira, on the mountains to the east of Funchal. It may be looked upon as the representative at Madeira of the Canarian M. encaustus. 443. Metophthalmus exiguus. Metophthalmus exiguus, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 261 (1860). — —, ld., Append. hw). op. 27. Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), 4 Dom. Bewicke inter Huphorbias fractas . desiccatas antiquas semel deprehensus. Hitherto unique, the only example which I have’ seen having been taken by the late Mr. Bewicke in Madeira proper—amongst some old Huphorbia-rubbish which he had brought from the east of the island. Whether its presence there was merely accidental, or whether (as is more likely) the species is of Huphorbia-infesting habits, it is of course impossible without further evidence to decide. Fam, 24. MYCETOPHAGIDZ, Genus 134. BERGINUS. (Dejean) Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 405 (1846). 444. Berginus tamarisci. Berginus Tamarisci, Dej., in litt. ——, Woll., Ins. Mad. 195 (1854). —— — , ld., Cat. Mad. Col. 69 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P#? S*), in inferioribus intermediisque parce occurrens. An insect of Mediterranean latitudes which occurs rather sparingly in the Madeiran Group—namely in Madeira proper and Porto Santo (at low and intermediate elevations). Genus 135. MYRMECOXENUS. Chevrolat, in Sib, Rev. iii. 267 (script. Myrmechixenus]| (1835). 156 MYCETOPHAGID A. 445. Myrmecoxenus picinus. Myrmechoxenus picinus, Awbé, Ann. Soc. Ent. de Fr., viii. 330 (1850). Myrmecoxenus picinus, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 265 (1860). sordidus, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 152 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Fuert.), sub quisquiliis rarissimus., An insect which ‘occurs sparingly in Madeiran latitudes, and of which I have seen hitherto but three Atlantic examples. Two.of them were taken by the late Mr. Bewicke in Madeira proper, in his garden above Funchal; and the remaining one by myself in Fuerte- ventura of the Canarian Group, from beneath the refuse of a camels’ stahle in the Rio Palmas. Genus 136. MYCETAA., (Kirby) Steph., Il Brit. Ent. iii. 80 (1830). 446. Mycetza hirta. Dermestes fumatus, Mshm [nec Linn. nae Ent. Brit. 65 (1802). Cryptophagus hirtus, Gy/ll. | nee Mshm, 1802], Ins. Suec. i. 184 (1808). Myceteea fumata, Steph., Ill. Brit. Ent. iii. 81 (1830). hirta, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col, 70 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in cultis et preecipue circa domos oc- currens, This widely spread European insect occurs on the inner walls of houses, and about cultivated spots generally, in Madeira proper, where it has doubtless been established accidentally from more northern latitudes. Genus 137. SYMBIOTES. Redtenbacher, Fina Austr. 198 (1849). 447. Symbiotes pygmezus. Symbiotes pygmeeus, Hampe, in Ent. Zeit. Stett. 853 (1850). Microchondrus domuum, Woll., Ins. Mad. 197, tab. iv. f. 2 (1854). — — , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 71 (1857). Symbiotes pygmeeus, Id., Cat. Can. Col, 153 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Palma), rarissimus. Likewise a European insect, but one which is found very sparingly in these islands. It is to be met with occasionally in Madeira pro- per, both about houses and beneath the bark of trees in cultivated grounds ; and two examples were taken by Mr. Gray in Palma, during our Canarian trip. MYCETOPHAGID&. 157 Genus 138. LITARGUS. Erichson, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 415 (1846). 448. Litargus pictus. Litargus pictus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 200, tab. iv. f. 5 (1854). "Td, Cat. Mad. Col. 71 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.),inter lichenes ad truncos arborum vetustos crescentes in sylvaticis editioribus occurrens. Peculiar apparently to the sylvan districts of Madeira proper at intermediate and lofty elevations, where it is more particularly at- tached to a gigantic fleshy lichen (known locally as the “‘ Madre de Louro”) which grows in large masses on the trunks of the native laurels. 449, Litargus pilosus. Litargus pilosus, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col, 71 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub quisquiliis in cultis inferioribus degens. Also peculiar (so far as observed hitherto) to Madeira proper, but totally different in its habits from the last species—being confined apparently to the lower elevations, and occurring for the most part beneath vegetable (or even animal) refuse in the cultivated districts near Funchal. 450. Litargus 3-fasciatus. Litargus 3-fasciatus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 154 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (G'om.), sub quisquiliis in cultis inferioribus oc- currens. Strictly the Canarian representative of the Z. pilosus of Madeira, to which, indeed, it is closely allied. It was detected by Dr. Crotch in Gomera, during the spring of 1862; and during the past summer he (and his brother) again met with it in the same island,—“ under old cucumber-stems, and other refuse, in cactus-grounds” near Hermigua. Genus 139. TYPHAAA. (Kirby) Steph., IW. Brit. Ent. iii. 70 (1830). 451. Typheza fumata. Dermestes fumatus, Linn., Syst. Nat. ii. 564 (1767). Typha fumata, Woil., Ins. Mad. 199 (1854). — —, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 71 (1857). — —, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 153 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert., Ten.,Gom.), sub quisquiliis preesertim in cultis hinc inde vulgaris, 158 TELMATOPHILIDA. This common Europegn insect will most likely (when searched for in the proper localities) be found to be universal within the inhahited districts of these Atlantic islands, where perhaps it may have become established from more northern latitudes. It occurs beneath vege- table refuse, particularly in and about gardens and fields, and has been observed hitherto in Madeira proper, as well as in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Teneriffe, and Gomera, of the Canarian Group. Fam. 25, TELMATOPHILIDA:. Genus 140. THALLESTUS. Wollaston, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. i. 153 (1862). 452. Thallestus typhzoides. Thallestus typheeoides, Woll., loc. cit. 155, pl. 7. £ 6 (1862). , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 135 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Gom.), plantas Euphorbie canariensis putridas copiose destruens. Detected hitherto only in Gomera, of the Canarian Group, where it is locally abundant within the putrid stalks of the Euphorbia cana- yiensis. In such situations I took it commonly on the hills above San Sebastian; and an extensive series is now before me, captured by the Messrs. Crotch during their late sojourn in Gomera. Some of the latter specimens differ a little from my own in having their prothorax appreciably longer and more conical, as well as somewhat more deeply punctured and obscurer in colour *; but there seems to be every intermediate grade between the two forms, and, sincé I have failed entirely to draw a line of demarcation between them, I cannot but conclude that the shape and tint of the prothorax is subject to some slight amount of variation. 453. Thallestus subellipticus. Thallestus subellipticus, Woll. loc. cit. 155. pl. 7. f. 4 (1862). —— —, H., Cat. Can. Col, 184 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), in locis similibus ac preecedens sed rarior. * T would, however, just express this state in the following short formula, and I have given it a subspecific name in the event of characters which I may possibly have overlooked proving it ultimately to be distinct :— Var. B. obscwricollis [an species ?]. Prothorace paulo longiore, magis conico, obscuriore profundiusque puncetato; elytris vix grossius striato-punctatis. DERMESTID&. 159 The very few examples which I have seen of this species were captured by myself within some putrid stalks of the Euphorbia cana- riensis on the mountains above S“ Cruz, in Teneriffe. Perhaps, there- fore, it may represent in that island the 7’. typhcoides of Gomera. Genus 141. DIPHYLLUS. Stephens, Il. Brit. Ent, iii. 87 (script. Biphyllus] (1830). 454. Diphyllus lunatus. Dermestes lunatus, Fab., Ent. Syst. i. 232 (1792). Biphyllus lunatus, Steph., loe. cit. 87 (1830). Diphyllus lunatus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 172 (1854). Biphyllus lunatus, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 51 (1857). Diphyllus lunatus, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 134 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Gom., Palma), in Sphe- rid frawined ad truncos arborum antiquos creseentes rarissimus. The European D. lunatus oecurs very sparingly in the intermediate elevations of Madeira proper—amongst a black Spheria which grows on the trunks of the old trees, and which does not seem to differ from the S. fraxinea of more northern latitudes; whilst at the Canaries I have met with it (under the same circumstances as at Madeira) high up in the Barranco de Galga, of Palma, and a single example was taken by the Messrs. Crotch, during the summer of 1864, in Gomera. Fam. 26. DERMESTIDA. Genus 142, DERMESTES. Linnzeus, Syst. Nat. ii. 561 (1767). 455. Dermestes vulpinus, Dermestes vulpinus, Fab., Spec. Ins. i. 64 (1781). —— —, Brullé, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 59 (1838). — — , Woll., Ins. Mad. 202 (1854). — — , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 72 (1857). —— — , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 155 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Lanz., Can., Ten. Gom.), in cadaveribus pellibusque late sed parce diffusus. The almost cosmopolitan D. vulpinus occurs about the towns both in the Madeiran and Canarian Groups, where it has doubtless become established through human agencies. In Madeira proper it is found occasionally around Funchal; whilst at the Canaries it has been ob- 160 DERMESTID &. served hitherto in Lanzarote, Grand Canary (by the Messrs. Crotch, near Las Palmas), Teneriffe, and Gomera. It has been likewise naturalized at the Cape de Verdes. 456. Dermestes Frischii. Dermestes Frischii, Kugel., in Schneid. Mag. 478 tr 348). —— ——, Errich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch, ii. 441 (1846). —— ——, Sturm, Deutsch, Fina, xix. 44, tab. 350, f. D (1847). —— ——,, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 155 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz.,Can.,Ten.),in locissimilibus ac preecedens, Likewise a European Dermestes, and one which occurs (in much the same sort of places as the vulpinus) at the Canarian Group. It has been captured in Lanzarote, Grand Canary, and Teneriffe. And it is found likewise at Mogadore, on the opposite coast of Africa. Genus 143. ATTAGENUS. Latreille, Gen. Crust. et Ins. ii. 82 (1807). 457. Attagenus megatoma. Dermestes megatoma, Fab., Ent. Syst. v. Pig a 71 (1798). Attagenus megatoma, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 441, (1846). vee , Sturm, Deutsch. Fna, xix. 76, tab. 355. f. C (1847). — —, Woll., Ins. Mad. 204 (1854). —, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 72 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (G'om.), in domibus ra- rior; certe ex alienis introductus. The European A. megatoma occurs sparingly, about houses, in Madeira proper; and two examples are now before me which were taken in Gomera, of the Canarian Group, by the Messrs. Crotch. It is doubtless an imported insect, through the medium of commerce. 458. Attagenus Schefferi. Megatoma Scheefferi, Herbst, Kaf. iv. 93 (1791). macellarium ?, Brullé, in Webb et Berth. ( Col.) 59 (1838). Attagenus Scheefferi, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 440 (1846). , Sturm, Deutsch. Fna, xix. 75, tab. 355. f. A (1847). —— ——,, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. y. 266 (1860). —— ——, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 156 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Ten.), certé introductus ; in domibus mercatorumque repositoriis hinc inde occurrens. Like the last species, clearly introduced into these islands by human agency. It occurs sparingly in houses in Madeira proper ; and I have taken it in similar situations at 8S“ Cruz, in Teneriffe. DERMESTIDZ. 161 459. Attagenus pellio. Dermestes pellio, Zinn., Fna Suec, 141 (1761). Attagenus pellio, Steph., Ii. Brit. Ent. iii. 126 (1830). Megatoma pellio, Brullé, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 59 (1888). Attagenus pellio, Woll., Cat. Can, Col. 155 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (sec. DD. Webb et Berth.), in faunam Canari- ensem & Dom. Brullé admissus. This almost cosmopolitatan Attagenus is admitted by M. Brullé into his loosely compiled list of Canarian Coleoptera, on the authority of specimens (or a specimen) supposed to have been found by MM. Webb and Berthelot. Of course no information is given concerning its habitat, or indeed as to anything about it; but since it is not improbable that an insect so liable to accidental transmission through- out the civilized world may perhaps have been picked up by MM. Webb and Berthelot in some of the houses at S* Cruz (which appear to have been one of their chief collecting-grounds), I think that per- haps I can scarcely refuse it a place in this Catalogue. At the same time I must express my belief that the species has not become even naturalized at the Canaries, and also that I am far from satisfied that M. Brullé may not have mistaken an example of one of the preceding Attageni for the A. pellio. Genus 144. TELOPES. Redtenbacher, in Russeg. Reisen, i. 984 (1843). 460. Telopes obtusus. Dermestes obtusus, Gyll., in Schin. Syn. Ins. ii. 88 (1808). Attagenus obtusus, Lucas, Col. de l Algérie, 239 (1849). —— abbreviatus, Hart., Geolog. Verhiltn. Lanz. und Fuert. 140, 141. Telopes obtusus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 157 (1864). | Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert., Can.), ad flores hinc inde vulgaris. An insect of south-western Europe and the north of Africa, and which occurs rather commonly in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura (the two eastern islands of the Canarian Group), as also more sparingly in the low and sandy district between Las Palmas and the Isleta in Grand Canary. It is found, during the spring months, on flowers ; and will oceasionally, like other Dermestideous forms, attack the dried skins even of animals. I met with it also on the little island of Graciosa, off the extreme north of Lanzarote. It is extremely partial to the blossoms of a dwarf prickly Sonchus (the S. spinosus, Forsk.), which is known locally as the “ Ahulaga.” M 162 DERMESTIDA. 461. Telopes anthrenoides. Telopes anthrenoides, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 159 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can.), in aridis arenosis parce lectus. Found hitherto only in Grand Canary, where I captured a few specimens of it in the dry sandy region of Maspalomas (in the ex- treme south of that island). 462. Telopes multifasciatus. Telopes multifasciatus, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist, xi. 218 (1863). —— —,, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 159 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can.), ad flores varios sed preesertim Cistorwm in intermediis editioribusque vulgaris. Likewise peculiar (so far as observed hitherto) to Grand Canary, where it abounds during the spring months at intermediate and lofty elevations. It occurs on various kinds of flowers, but prefers those of the Cistus monspeliensis. 463. Telopes fasciatus. Telopes fasciatus, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. xi, 218 (1863). — — , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 160 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom., Palma), ad flores in subinferioribus intermediisque hinc inde vulgatissimus. Abounds at rather low and intermediate altitudes in Teneriffe, Gomera, and Palma, where it takes the place of the multifasciatus of Grand Canary, and the obtusus of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. We may expect it to be found likewise in Hierro. Genus 145. ANTHRENUS. Geoffroy, Hist. des Ins. i. 115 (1764). § 1. Antenne 11-articulate (clavaé 3-articulata). 464. Anthrenus varius. Anthrenus varius, Fab., Ent. Syst. i. 262 (1792). Megatoma verbasci, Brullé, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 59 (1838). Anthrenus varius, Hrich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 455 (1846). , Woll., Ins. Mad. 205 (1854). , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 73 (1857). , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 161 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P® S?), Salvages'(ins. majorem, borealem) et Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert., Can., Ten.), ad flores, passim. BYRRHIDZ. 1638 The European A. varius is probably universal throughout the whole of these Atlantic islands, though hitherto it does not happen to have been observed in all of them. It is rather common, however, on flowers in Madeira proper and Porto Santo, principally at low elevations; whilst at the Canaries it has been captured in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Grand Canary, and Teneriffe. It has moreover been communicated by the Baréo do Castello de Paiva, who received it in abundance even from the Great Salvage. . § IL. Antenne 10-articulate (clavé 2-articulata). 465. Anthrenus minor. Anthrenus claviger, Woll. [nec Erich., 1848], Cat. Can. Col, 161 (1864). —— minor, Id., Append. huj. op. 28. Habitat Canarienses (Gom., Palma, Hierro), hinc inde ad flores pre- sertim Huphorbiarum vulgaris. As stated in the Appendix to this volume, the present. Anthrenus was wrongly identified in my Canarian Catalogue with the European A, claviger ; and I think it far from improbable that it is in reality conspecific with the A. minutus of Mediterranean latitudes. Be this, however, as it may (for I have no means of deciding the question positively), the A. minor occurs in profusion throughout the inter- mediate altitudes of Gomera, Palma, and Hierro, of the Canarian Group—in the second of which it was captured by myself, whilst in the first and third it has been met with more recently by the Messrs. Crotch. Fam. 27. BYRRHIDZ. Genus 146. SYNCALYPTA. (Dillwyn) Steph., IU. Brit. Ent, iii. 133 (1830). 466. Syncalypta integra. Syncalypta integra, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 162 (1864). Habitat Canarienses ( G'om., Hierro), in sylvaticis editioribus rarissima. A Canarian Syncalypta of which I have seen as yet but two ex- amples—one of which was taken by myself in the sylvan region of El Golfo on the western slopes of Hierro, and the other (more recently) by the Messrs. Crotch above Hermigua in Gomera. The Gomeran specimen has its prothorax and elytral striz a little more M 2 164 BYRRHIDZ. deeply punctured; but I can see nothing about it to warrant the suspicion that it is specifically distinct from the Hierro one*. 467. Syncalypta granulosa. Syncalypta granulosa, Woll., Append. hij. op. 28. Habitat Canarienses (Gom.), 4 DD. Crotch in elevatis parcissime capta. Likewise a Canarian species, and found hitherto only in Gomera— where it was taken sparingly, from under dead leaves at a high elevation, by the Messrs. Crotch. It may be known from the S. in- tegra by its more obovate (posteriorly acuter) outline, by its elytra when denuded of their scales appearing more granulated and less shining, and by the last joint of its antenne being smaller and rounder. 468. Syncalypta capitata. Syncalypta capitata, Woll., Ins. Mad. 207 (1854). — — , ld., Cat. Mad. Col, 73 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub lapidibus in editioribus usque ad summos montes ascendens. | Apparently peculiar to the loftiest elevations of Madeira proper,— occurring benéath stones on the exposed grassy ‘mountain-slopes (above the upper limits of the wooded districts), and ascending thence to the summits of the peaks. It differs from the granulosa in being rather larger, with its elytra free from granules; from the integra in being more obovate (or less rounded), with the last joint of its antenne smaller; whilst from them both it recedes in its very much more deeply, and regularly, striate-punctate elytra. 469. Syncalypta ovuliformis. Syncalypta ovuliformis, Woll., Ins. Mad. 207 (1854). —— —, Hd., Cat. Mad. Col, 73 (1857). ——, Id., Cat. Can. Col, 162 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Ten.), in intermediis preecipue pinetis parce occurrens. Found in Madeira proper, and also in Teneriffe of the Canarian Group. It is very closely allied to the last species, of which it may possibly be a permanently smaller state peculiar to somewhat lower * The S. integra may be known by its rather large size, regularly oval, or rounded-oval (instead of obovate) outline, by its elytra having their subsutural strize almost evanescent but the others distinctly and remotely punctured, and by the terminal joint of its antennal club being largely developed. HISTERID. 165 (though, at the same time, sufficiently elevated) districts. It seems to occur principally in the pine-woods, and subsylvan spots, of inter- mediate altitudes.. 470. Syncalypta horrida. Syncalypta horrida, Woll., Ins. Mad. 208 (1854). —— ——, I., Cat. Mad. Col. 73 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (P! S@, Des.), sub lapidibus rarissima. The only two examples which I have yet seen of this Syncalypta were captured by myself in the Madeiran Group,—one of them in Porto Santo, and the other on the Deserta Grande. The specimens differ a little from each other, but not sufficiently so (I think) to warrant the suspicion that they are specifically distinct. Fam. 28. HISTERIDZE. Genus 147. ACRITUS. Leconte, Proc. Acad. Philadel, iii, 288 (1858). § I. Prothorax lined plus minus punctatd ante basin impressus. 471. Acritus gemmula. Acritus gemmula, Woll., Append. hu. op. 29. Habitat Canarienses (Gom.), in lauretis humidis editioribus sub truncis arborum prolapsis 4 DD. Crotch deprehensus. ) Discovered by the Messrs. Crotch, during their late Canarian expedition, at a high altitude in the laurel-districts of Gomera, adhering to the underside of rotten wood. 472. Acritus minutus. Hister minutus, Hbst, Natursyst. iv. 41, tab. 36. f. 4 (1791). Acritus minutus, De Mars.,.Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France,iv. 614 (1857). — —, IVoll., Cat. Mad. Col. 76 (1857). — — , ld, Cat. Can. Col. 183 (1864), Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P® St?) et Canarienses (Fuert., Can., Ten., Gom., Palma), sub quisquiliis, passim. The common European A. minutus will most likely be found uni- versally in these Atlantic islands, when carefully searched for in the proper situations. It occurs beneath refuse generally, and has been taken in Madeira proper and Porto Santo of the Madeiran Group, and 166 HISTERIDZ. throughout the whole Canarian archipelago except in Lanzarote and Hierro (in both of which, however, it must doubtless exist). I met with it also at Mogadore, on the opposite coast of Africa. 473. Acritus homeopathicus. Acritus homeeopathicus, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 77 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), semel tantum repertus. The only specimen which I have yet seen of this Acritus was taken by myself in the north of Madeira proper, during August 1845. § I. Prothorax simplex (lined punctorum ante basin haud impressus). 474, Acritus punctum., Abreeus punctum, Aubé, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 232 (1842). Acritus punctum, De Mars., ibid., 607 (1856). —- » Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 182 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Can.), per oras maritimas sub fucis degens. The A. punctum, which is widely though sparingly distributed along the sea-shores in central and southern Europe, occurs (though very rarely) in the Canarian Group. I have taken it from beneath marine rejectamenta in Lanzarote, and it was found by the Messrs. Crotch near Las Palmas in Grand Canary. It will probably be met with more generally, however, if searched for in the proper situations. Genus 148, EUBRACHIUM. Wollaston, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond, i. 159 (1862). 475. Eubrachium politum. Kubrachium politum, Woll., loc. cit. 163 (1862). , Ld., Cat. Can. Col. 182 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Hierro), sub cortice Euphorbiarum laxo putrido rarissimum. A minute Canarian Histerid which seems to be attached to the Euphorbias ; so that it will probably be found pretty generally when searched for in the right places—namely, beneath the loose rotting bark of those singular plants. However, it is clearly rare, and has been observed hitherto only in Lanzarote and Hierro. HISTERIDE. 167 476. Eubrachium ovale. Eubrachium ovale, Woll., loc. cit. 161, pl. vii. f. 9 (1862). —— —, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 182 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Hierro), in locis similibus ac praecedens. Of precisely the same habits as the last species, and almost equally rare. The only island in which it has been found is Hierro, the most western one of the Canarian Group—where it was taken by myself in 1858, and by the Messrs, Crotch in 1864, beneath the rotting bark of old Euphorbias. | 477. Eubrachium punctatum. Eubrachium eee Woll., loc. cit. 162 (1862). — —, ld., Cat. Can. Col, 181 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom., Palma), in sylvaticis humidis edi- tioribus sub cortice laurorum laxo latens. Whilst the two preceding species are of Huphorbia-infesting habits, the present one appears to be attached to the laurels of intermediate and lofty altitudes. I have taken it beneath the loosened bark of old trees in the damp wooded regions of Teneriffe and Palma; and it has been captured by the Messrs, Crotch, in similar situations, in Gomera. Genus 149. XENONYCHUS. Wollaston, Cat. Can. Col. 179 (1864). 478. Xenonychus fossor. Xenonychus fossor, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 181 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Fuert., Can.), in arenosis aridis maritimis ad radices plantarum parce fodiens. This remarkable Canarian Histerid resides in sandy places near the coast, where it burrows into the dry hillocks of loose sand which have gradually accumulated around the roots of the various shrubby plants which stud those arid wastes. In such situations it was taken by Mr. Gray and myself, to the south of Puerto de Cabras, in Fuerteventura; and two examples are now before me which were captured by the Messrs. Crotch during the summer of 1864, in the sandy district of Grand Canary between Las Palmas and the Isleta. Like so many of the sand-infesting Coleoptera, it is most anomalous in structure; but its various peculiarities have been fully alluded to in my generic and specific diagnoses. 168. HISTERIDA. Genus 150. SAPRINUS. Erichson, in Klug’s Jahrb. i. 172 (1834). § 1. Elytrorum strié suturali antice integraé (cum quarté dorsal coéunte). a. Fronte a elypeo lined (vel carind) transversd plus minus distinctd divisd. 479. Saprinus lobatus. Saprinus lobatus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 178 (1864). Halitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert., Can.), in arenosis maritimis sub rejectamentis necnon ad radices plantarum fodiens. Occurs along the sandy shores of Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, and Grand Canary—burrowing beneath marine rejectamenta, and at the roots of sand-plants. It may be regarded as the representative of the S. maritimus of more northern latitudes, to which indeed it is closely allied; but it is not peculiar to the islands, for I have myself captured it at Mogadore on the opposite coast of Morocco. 480. Saprinus erosus. Saprinus erosus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 177 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Fuert.), in arenosis maritimis parce fodiens. Taken by myself beneath marine rejectamenta on the sandy beach at Corralejo in the extreme north of Fuerteventura, of the Canarian Group ; and it would consequently appear, like most of these imme- diate species, to be of maritime habits. 481. Saprinus apricarius. Saprinus apricarius, Erich., in Klug’s Jahrb. 194 (1834). Hister metallicus?, Brullé, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 59 (1838). Saprinus apricarius, De Mars., Ann.de la Soc, Ent. de France, 725 (1855). metallicus, Woll. [nec Herbst], Ins. Mad. 217 (1854). , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 75 (1857). —— mundus, var. 8., Zd., Cat. Can. Col. 176 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (P St) et Canarienses (Can.), per oras arenosas maritimas sub rejectamentis fodiens. A species of Mediterranean latitudes, which is locally abundant beneath rejectamenta along the sandy shores of Porto Santo in the Madeiran Group, and also in Grand Canary, I had formerly re- ferred it wrongly to the metallicus of Herbst, but am informed by De Marseul that it is unquestionably the apricarius of Erichson. HISTERIDZ. er 169 482. Saprinus mundus. Saprinus mundus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 176 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert.), in arenosis maritimis sub rejec- tamentis cadaveribusque fodiens. Not uncommon in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, the two eastern islands of the Canarian Group—occurring under dead animals and marine rejectamenta, in low sandy places about the sea-beach. It is very closely allied to the apricarius, of which I am by no means satisfied that it should be regarded as more than a variety *. 483. Saprinus angulosus. Saprinus angulosus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 175 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Zanz.), sub cadaveribus et rejectamentis in arenosis maritimis degens. Taken in: company with the S. minyops in Lanzarote, of the Canarian Group, where I obtained four examples of it from beneath a dead hen immediately outside the town of Arrecife. 484. Saprinus minyops. Saprinus minyops, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 174 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert., Can.), in locis similibus ae pre- cedens, Also a Canarian Saprinus—occurring sparingly beneath dead animals, and other rejectamenta, in low arid places near the sea- beach. In such situations I have taken it in Lanzarote, Fuerteven- tura, and in the sandy region between Las Palmas and the Isleta, of Grand Canary. b. Fronte a clypeo haud distincte dist. 485. Saprinus ignobilis. Saprinus ignobilis, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 173 (1864). Halntat Canarienses (Lanz.), a Dom. Gray parce repertus. Like most of the preceding species, observed hitherto only in the * The S. mundus seems to differ from the apricarius, mainly, in being darker (or less zeneous), in the third and fourth “ dorsal’ striz of its elytra being more abbreviated (extending in fact only to the commencement of the punctured portion of the surface), in the transverse strix of its forehead being rather less confused (or more evidently condensed into ‘wo angulated plaits), and in the teeth of its anterior tibia being somewhat less acute. 170 HISTERIDA. eastern part of the Canarian Group—the few specimens which I have seen having been captured by Mr. Gray near Arrecife, in Lanzarote. — 486. Saprinus fortunatus. Hister virescens, Brullé [nec Payk. |, in Webb et Berth.( Col.) 59 (1888). Saprinus fortunatus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 172 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert., Can.), in stercore bovino, equino, camelino preecipue in intermediis occurrens. A common Saprinus in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, the two eastern islands of the Canarian Group; and it also occurs, though less abundantly, in Grand Canary. It is found in the dung of cattle, principally at intermediate elevations. 487, Saprinus chalcites. Hister chalcites, Idg., Mag. fiir Ins. vi. 40 (1807). geneus ?, cH AA Fab.)|, in Webb et Berth. ( Col.) 59 (1838). Saprinus chalcites, Woll., Ins. Mad. 216 (1854). , De Mars., Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 445 (1855). » Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 75 (1857). , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 171 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P! S, Des.), et Canarienses (in Hierro soli haud observatus), vel in cadaveribus vel in stercore parum vulgaris. —_—- The European S. chalcites is the most widely diffused of all the Saprini which have been detected in these Atlantic islands. Indeed we may be nearly certain that it is actually universal throughout the whole of them; for the northern and southern Desertas are the only islands of the five Madeiras in which it has not been observed ; whilst at the Canaries it has been captured in every island except Hierro (where doubtless, however, it must exist). I likewise met with it at Mogadore, on the opposite coast of Africa. § IL. Elytrorum strid suturah antice plus minus abbreviatd. 488. Saprinus subnitidus. Saprinus subnitidus ?, De Mars., Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de Fr, 404 (1855). —— ——, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 169 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (ins. omnes), in stercore late sed parce diffusus. | Specimina (ut opinor typica) ex insulis orientalibus, sc. Lanz., Fuert. et Can., pleramque paulo majora ac paulo levius parci- usque punctulata sunt; sed ad ins. reliquas var. 3 (simillimus), HISTERIDA. 171 seepius minor: et subdensius grossiusque punctata, presertim pertinet. Found in all the islands of the Canarian Group—having been taken lately in Teneriffe, Gomera, and Hierro by the Messrs. Crotch. In Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Grand Canary, and Palma I have my- self met with it. Whether it be the true subnitidus of De Marseul I cannot undertake to pronounce for certain; but if not, and if at the same time distinct from his various other species of this imme- diate division, it will have to be recognized by the name of proaimus —proposed for it in my Canarian Catalogue (vide p. 170). The examples from the three eastern islands of the archipelago I have regarded as typical. They are generally somewhat larger, and appear always to be a little more finely and sparingly punctured. The “ var. 3,” consequently, from the central and western parts of the Group, which are usually smaller and with their punctation coarser, may perhaps prove ultimately to be distinct, though I scarcely think it probable that such will be the case. 489. Saprinus nitidulus. Hister nitidulus, Fab., Syst. Eleu. i. 85 (1801). —— — , Brullé, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 59 (1838). ' Saprinus nitidulus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 215 (1854). — — , ld., Cat. Mad. Col. 75 (1857). — — , ld., Cat. Can. Col. 169 ti8e4}. Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Lanz., Can., Ten.), pre- cipué in cadaveribus sat frequens. This common European insect occurs sparingly both at the Madeiras and Canaries, where it will most likely be found to be pretty gene- rally distributed in the vicinity of the sea-shores and towns. Hitherto, however, it has been observed only in Madeira proper; and in Lanzarote, Grand Canary (where it was captured by the Messrs. Crotch), and Teneriffe, of the Canarian Group. 490. Saprinus nobilis. Saprinus nobilis, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 167 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), in inferioribus intermediisque rarissimus. A Canarian Saprinus, which I have captured on two occasions in Teneriffe—near S“ Cruz and in the wood of Las Mercedes. In all probability it is allied to the S. figuratus of De Marseul’s Mono- graph. 172 HISTERID®. 491. Saprinus osculans. Saprinus osculans, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 168 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Fuert.), semel tantum captus. Closely allied to the preceding species, but found hitherto only in Fuerteventura of the Canarian Group. Genus 151. CARCINOPS. De Marseul, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, iii, 83 (1855). 492. Carcinops minimus. Hister minimus, Dey. Cat. (edit. 1) (1821). Paromalus minimus, Awbé, Ann. dela Soc. Ent. de Fr, viii. 822 (1850). ——., Woll., Ins. Mad. 212 (1854). Carcinops minimus, De Mars., loc. cit. 90. Hye: Paromalus minimus, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 74 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub lapidibus in intermediis editiori- busque vulgaris. A European species which occurs rather commonly, under stones, in the intermediate and lofty elevations of Madeira proper; but it has not yet been detected in any of the other islands, De Marseul, in the last edition of his Catalogue, has changed its specific title into that of “corpusculus” ; but his reason for doing so seems to me to be insufficient. 493. Carcinops 14-striatus. | Dendrophilus 14-striatus, Steph., Ill. Brit. Ent. v. 412 (1832). Paromalus pumilio, Evich., in Klug’s Jahrb. i. 169 (1834). Hister 12-striatus?, Br. [nec Payk. |, in Webb et Berth. ( Col.) 59 (1838). Paromalus pumilio, Woll., Ins. Mad. 213 (1854). Carcinops pumilio, De Mars., loc. cit. 91 (1855). Paromalus pumilio, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 74 (1857). Carcinops 14-striatus, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 166 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert., Ten., Gom., Hierro), sub putridis preecipue in inferioribus degens. Likewise a European insect, and one which is widely spread over these Atlantic islands—where most probably it is nearly universal. It occurs beneath damp and putrid refuse (both vegetable and animal) principally at low, but sometimes at intermediate elevations. It has been taken near Funchal in Madeira proper, and also in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Teneriffe, Gomera, and Hierro, of the Canarian Group. Its detection in Hierro is due to researches of the Messrs. Crotch. HISTERIDA. 173 Genus 152. HISTER. Linnzus, Syst. Nat. ii. 566 (1767). ; 494. Hister major. Hister major, Linn., Syst. Nat. ii. 566 (1767). —_— ——, Brullé, in Webb. et Berth. ( Col.) 59 (1838). ; Woll., Ins. Mad. 210 (1854). —— —, Id, Cat. Mad. Col. 74 (1857). —— ——, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 165 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (P” S*) et Canarienses (Can., Ten), minus frequens. The H. major, so widely spread over southern Europe and northern Africa, occurs sparingly at low elevations (for the most part near the sea-shore) in these islands—where perhaps it will be found ultimately to be pretty general. In such situations it has been taken in Porto Santo of the Madeiran Group, as well as in Grand Canary and Teneriffe at the Canaries. Porto Santan examples have also been communicated by the Barao do Castello de Paiva. 495. Hister canariensis. Hister Canariensis, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 165 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom.), in intermediis presertim sylvaticis parcissimé occurrens, Apparently a Canarian Hister, and somewhat scarce. I have taken it sparingly in the intermediate (sylvan) districts of Teneriffe, and an example is now before me which was captured by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera. Genus 153. EUTRIPTUS. Wollaston, Zrans. Ent. Soc. Lond. i. 157 (1862). 496. Eutriptus putricola. Eutriptus putricola, Woll., loc. cit. 159, pl. vii. f. 7 (1862). — — , ld., Ann. Nat. Hist. x. 292 (1862). — —, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 164 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (in Palmé sol& adhuc haud observatus), sub cortice Huphorbiarum laxo putrido parum vulgaris, Widely spread over these islands, where it will probably be found to exist wherever there are Euphorbias—to which plants it is ex- 174 HISTERIDE. clusively attached. In Madeira proper it was detected by the late Mr. Bewicke, in the district to the east of Funchal; whilst at the Canaries it is far more abundant, and has been captured in all the islands except Palma. But as there can be little doubt that sooner or later it will be met with in Palma likewise, we may feel nearly certain that in the Canarian Group at any rate it is universal. Genus 154. TERETRIUS. Erichson, ix Klug’s Jahrb. i. 201 (1834). 497. Teretrius cylindricus. Teretrius cylindricus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 164 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom.), in Huphorbid canariensi degens. A Canarian Teretrius which appears to be of Ewphorbia-infesting - habits ; for although the only example which I myself met with was captured accidentally on the inner canvas of my tent, whilst encamped at the Agua Garcia in Teneriffe, it has nevertheless been taken sub- sequently by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera out of the decayed stalks of the Euphorbia canariensis. . Genus 155. HOLOLEPTA. Paykull, Mon. Hist. 101 (1811). 498. Hololepta Perraudieri. Hololepta Perraudieri, De Mars., Ann. Soc. Ent, de Fr. y. 397 (1857). ——, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 162 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom.), sub cortice Euphorbiarum laxo emortuo rarissima. This noble Histerid appears to be peculiar to the dead Euphorbias of the Canarian Group, where it is of the greatest rarity. Indeed the only two examples which I have seen were captured by Dr. Crotch in Gomera—one during the spring of 1862, and the other in the summer of 1864, the latter of them having been taken out of a rotten Euphorbia. It was, however, described by De Marseul from a specimen stated to have been brought by M. de la Perraudiére from Teneriffe; and since his type seems to have been smaller than the two individuals from Gomera, it is extremely probable that his habitat is correct, and that the Teneriffan examples (wheresoever found) may perhaps be somewhat smaller than the Gomeran ones. THORICTIDA. 175 Fam. 29. THORICTIDA. Genus 156. THORICTUS. Germar, in Stlb. Rev. Ent. ii. 2, 15 (1834). 499. Thorictus gigas. Thorictus gigas, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. ix. 439 (1862). —— —,, I., Cat. Can. Col. 184 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can.), in montibus rarissimus; nidos Formice pubescentis, Fab., sub lapidibus colens. A gigantic Thorictus which I have observed only on the mountains of Grand Canary, where moreover it is extremely rare,—occurring in the nests of a large brown ant, the Formica pubescens, Fab. Al- though perfectly distinct from every species which I have yet seen, it belongs to an African type of form which occurs in Algeria and Abyssinia. 500. Thorictus Westwoodii. Thorictus Westwoodii, Woll., Ins. Mad. 220, tab. v. f. 6 (1854), —, Ii., Cat. Mad. Col. 78 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P® S%), in apricis subinferioribus nidos formicarum colens. Apparently peculiar to the Madeiran Group, where it occurs be- neath stones (in, or near, the nests of ants) in sunny spots prin- cipally of a low elevation. It has been observed hitherto in Madeira proper and Porto Santo. 501. Thorictus canariensis. Thorictus canariensis, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. ix. 439 (1862). —, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 185 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (ins. omnes), sub lapidibus in formicarum nidis ab ora maritima usque ad 8000’ s, m. ascendens. This is the universal Thorictus of the Canarian Group, in the whole seven islands of which it has been taken (more or less commonly), ascending from the sea-level to an altitude of at least 8000 feet. It resides beneath stones, in or near the nests of ants; and during the early spring it is sometimes abundant. Indeed on one occasion, in the Rio Palmas of Fuerteventura, I believe that I cannot have ex- tracted less than two hundred specimens out of a single nest. 176 APHODIADE. 502. Thorictus vestitus. Thorictus vestitus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 186 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Zanz.), sub lapidibus in saxosis submaritimis paree repertus. Likewise a Canarian species, but apparently rare—the few ex- amples which I have seen having been captured by myself, at a low elevation, in the north-east of Lanzarote. Fam. 30, APHODIADA. Genus 157. APHODIUS. Hliger, Kaf. Preuss. i, 28 (1798). 503. Aphodius hydrocharis. Scarabeeus hydrocheris, Fab., Ent. Syst. Suppl. 23 (1798). Aphodius hydrocheeris, Woll., Ins. Mad. 222 (1854). , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 78 (1857). — —, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 187 (1864). —— —, Hart., Geolog. Verhiltn. Lanz. und Fuert. 140, 141. Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P# S) et Canarienses (in Palind sola haud observatus), in stercore bovino vulgaris. ’ The A. hydrocheris of Mediterranean latitudes is doubtless unt- versal throughout the whole of these Atlantic islands which are inhabited, occurring in the dung of cattle at low and intermediate elevations. It has been taken in Madeira proper and Porto Santo, of the Madeiran Group, and in all the Canarian islands except Palma (where, however, there can be no question that it must exist). 504. Aphodius Wollastonii. Aphodius Wollastonii, Harold, Berl. Ent. Zeit. 397 (1862). , Woll., Cat. Can. Col, 188 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert.), in stercore vulgaris. An Aphodius which appears to occur in the north of Africa, and which is common throughout Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, in the east of the Canarian Group; but it has not yet been detected in any of the other islands. 505. Aphodius nitidulus. Scarabzeus nitidulus, Fab., Ent. Syst. i. 80 (1792). Aphodius sordidus, Brullé, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 60 (1838). —— nitidulus, Woll., Ins, Mad. 223 (1854). “ APHODIADA. 17 Aphodius nitidulus, Zd., Cat. Mad. Col. 78 (1857). —— ——, Id., Cat. Can. Col: 188 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P® S‘) et Canarienses (ins. omnes), vul- garis. . The European A. nitidulus is universal throughout all the enha- bited islands of these Atlantic Groups, occurring in the dung of eattle at most elevations. It is common in Madeira proper and Porto Santo; and I have myself taken it in the whole seven islands of the Canarian archipelago. 506. Aphodius teniatus. Aphedius teeniatus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 189 (1864). Halitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert.), in stercore minus frequens. Found in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, the two eastern islands of the Canarian Group, where however it is not very abundant. It occurs likewise at the Cape de Verdes, where it has been found lately by Mr. Gray. Although very closely allied to the A. nitidulus, I believe nevertheless that it is totally distinct from it specifically ; but the exact points which eharacterize it have been fully alluded to in my recent Catalogue *. 507. Aphodius maculosus. Aphedius conspurcatus, Brullé [nee Linn.], in Webb et Berth. ( Col.) 60 (1838). sticticus, Hart. [nec Pnz], Geol. Verhiiltn. Lanz. und Fuert. 140. ——- maculosus, Harold, in titt. — — , Woll., Cat. Can, Col. 189 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert., Can.), in stercore vulgaris. Likewise a Canarian Aphodius, which is abundant in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, and which occurs more sparingly in Grand Canary. It has somewhat the general colouring and aspect of the common European A. inquinatus, but the many characters which separate it from that species have been pointed out seriatim in my Canarian Catalogue. * The A. teniatus differs from the nitidulus in being still more cylindrical; in its prothorax being convexer, more rounded at the sides, with the anterior angles less porrected or acute, and rather more s¢raightly truncated at the base ; in its elytra having their striz both finer and less coarsely crenate, and their interstices still more minutely and rather more closely punctulated ; in its head, prothorax and a broad sutural band being of a deeper black; and in its legs being darker or more piceous, with the spinules which surmount the extreme apex, and outer teeth, of the four hinder tibize shorter or less developed. © N 178 APHODIAD&. 508. Aphodius rufus. Aphodius rufus, Zilig., Mag. fiir Ins. ii. 195 (1808). , Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 836 (1848), , Woll., Ins. Mad. 224 (1854). —— ——, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 78 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), preecipue in inferioribus haud vulgaris. oe A European Aphodius which occurs, principally at low elevations, in Madeira proper; but it has not yet been detected in any of the other islands. 509. Aphodius lividus. - Scarabeeus lividus, Oliv., Ent. i. 8. 86 (1789). Aphodius lividus, Woll., Ins. Mad, 225 (1854). — , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 78 (1857). ——- ——, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 191 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P@ S) et Canarienses (Can., Ten., Gom,, Palma), late sed parce diffusus. The European A. lividus is very widely, though sparingly, distri- buted over these islands, where most likely it will be found to be almost universal,—occurring principally at low and intermediate elevations. It has been taken in Madeira proper and Porto Santo— as well as in Grand Canary, Teneriffe, Gomera, and Palma, of the Canarian Group. It is an insect of a very extensive geographical range, which it has doubtless acquired accidentally through human agencies. I have captured it at Mogadore (on the opposite coast of Morocco), and it was taken by Mr. Gray at the Cape de Verdes. 510.. Aphodius Pedrosi. Aphodius Pedrosi, Woll., Ins. Mad. 226 (1854). , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 79 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (P? S%), sub lapide in arenosis inferioribus captus. The only specimen which I have seen of this rather insignificant Aphodius was taken by myself (during 1848) from beneath a stone in a low sandy spot, close to the Villa, in Porto Santo, of the Madeiran Group. 511. Aphodius granarius. Scarabzeus granarius, Linn., Syst. Nat. i. ti. 547 (1767). Aphodius carbonarius, Brullé, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 60 (1838). granarius, Woll., Ins. Mad. 226 (1854). APHODIADE. 179 Aphodius granarius, Id., Cat, Mad. Col. 79 (1857). ——.,, Id., Cat, Can. Col. 191 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P’ S) et Canarienses (ins. omnes), in stercore vulgaris. The common European A, granarius is universal throughout the inhabited islands of these Atlantic Groups. It abounds in Madeira proper and Porto Santo, and has been captured in the whole seven islands of the Canarian archipelago. Genus 158. OXYOMUS. (Eschscholtz) De Casteln., Hist. ii. 98 (1840). 512. Oxyomus Heinekeni. Oxyomus crenulatus, Dej., Cat. 163 (1837). — Heineckeni, Woll., Ins. Mad. 228 (1854). —— Heinekeni, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 79 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub putridis in inferioribus occurrens. Found around Funchal in Madeira proper—where it resides amongst various kinds of putrid refuse, or filthy rejectamenta, parti- cularly in low spots towards the beach. It is a species of a wide geographical range—occurring even in Brazil and the West Indian islands, and having been captured by the late Mr. Bewicke at Ascen- sion. I have, also, inspected examples of it which were obtained by the Rev. Hamlet Clark in Algeria *. 513. Oxyomus brevicollis. Oxyomus brevicollis, Woll., Ins. Mad. 229 (1854). . —— —, Id., Cat. Mad. Col, 79 (1857). , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 191 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Gom., Palina), passim. Rather common around Funchal in Madeira proper, occurring beneath damp garden-refuse and under putrid substances near the beach ; and it has been taken by the Messrs. Crotch below Hermigua in Gomera, and by Mr. Gray in Palma, of the Canarian Group. * In a paper on certain Coleoptera from the island of Ascension, published in the ‘Ann. of Nat. Hist.’ for 1861, I called attention to a sexual peculiarity in the O. Heinekeni which I had not before observed—namely, that “the males are not only more shining than the females, but the external edge of their front tibiz is much more powerfully tridentate, whilst their four hinder ones have their spurs more elongate and subflexuose, and their outer apical angle produced into a much longer and acuter spine.” n2 180 APHODIADA. 5 Genus 159. PSAMMODIUS. Gyllenhal, Ins. Suec. i. 6 (1808). 514. Psammodius czsus. Scarabeeus ceesus, Pnz., Fna Ins. Germ. 35. 2 (1796). Psammodius cesus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 231 (1854). » Id., Cat. Mad. Col, 79 (1857). —— — , ld., Cat. Can. Col. 192 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P® S) et Canarienses (Lanz., Can.), sub quisquiliis preecipue in inferioribus fodiens. A European Psammodius which is widely but sparingly distri- buted over these islands, occurring beneath refuse principally at low altitudes. It has been taken in Madeira proper and Porto Santo, of the Madeiran Group, and in Lanzarote and Grand Canary, at the Canaries. 515. Psammodius sabulosus. Oxyomus sabulosus, Dej., Cat. (edit. 3) 163 (1837). Platytomus sabulosus, Muls., Lamell. de France, 310 (1842). Psammodius sabulosus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 230 (1854). , Id., Cat. Mad. Col, 79 (1857). — —, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 192 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P® S*) et Canarienses (in Palma sola haud observatus), sub lapidibus quisquiliisque preesertim in arenosis submaritimis fodiens, The P. sabulosus of Mediterranean latitudes is probably universal (or nearly so) throughout these Atlantic islands, occurring princi- pally in low and sandy spots towards the coast. At the Madeiran Group it has been taken sparingly in Madeira proper (by the Bardo do Castello de Paiva, the late M. Rousset, &c.) and commonly in Porto Santo, and at the Canaries in all the seven islands except Palma—where it does not happen to have been observed, but where nevertheless it must doubtless exist. 516. Psammodius porcicollis. Aphodius porcicollis, Idlig., Mag. fiir Ins. ii. 195 (1803). Psammodius porcicollis, Muls., Lamell. de France, 322 (1842). , Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 80 (1857). —— —, Id., Cat. Can, Col, 192 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (P@ S) et Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert.), in are- nosis maritimis preecipue ad radices plantarum fodiens. A species of Mediterranean latitudes, like the P. sabulosus— TROGIDA. 181 residing for the most part on or near the sea-beaches, where it burrows beneath various 7ejectamenta and at the roots of sand-plants. In such situations I have taken it abundantly in the eastern parts both of the Madeiran and Canarian Groups—namely, in Porto Santo of the former, and in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura of the latter. Fam. 31. TROGIDZ. Genus 160. TROX. Fabricius, Ent. Syst, i. 86 (1792). 517. Trox confluens. Trox hispidus?, Brullé [nec Fab, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 60 (1888). coniluens, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 198 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), rarissimus. Sub lapide juxta urbem Sanctee Crucis exemplar unicum collegi. A single specimen of this J’rox was captured by myself at a low elevation in Teneriffe—beneath a stone, in the Barranco do Passo Alto, near 8“ Cruz; but it is the only one that I have yet seen. . 518. Trox scaber. Silpha scabra, Linn., Syst. Nat. i. ii. 5738 AN at Trox arenarius, G'yll., Ins. Suec. i. 1} (1808). — scaber, Woll., Ins. Mad, 233 (1854). —— — , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 81 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), circa domos parce occurrens ; forsan ex Europa introductus. The European 7’. seaber occurs very sparingly in and about houses in Madeira proper, where in all probability it has become naturalized from higher latitudes. It has been taken by the late Dr. Heineken, as well as by Messrs. Bewicke, Park, and F. A. Anderson. Fam, 32. MELOLONTHIDA. Genus 161. OOTOMA. Blanchard, Cat. Col. Ent. 120.(1850). 519. Ootoma, bipartita. Melolontha bipartita, Brullé, in Webb et Berth. ( Col.) 60 (1888). Ootoma bipartita, Blanch., loc. cit. 120 (1850). 182 MELOLONTHIDA. Melolontha bipartita, Hart., Geol. Verhiiltn. Lanz. und Fuert. 140, 141. Ootoma bipartita, Woll., Cat. Can. Col.'195 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert., Can., Ten.), sub stercore lapidi- busque in cuniculis fodiens. All the Ootomas hitherto detected are peculiarly Canarian, occurring for the most part in small holes or burrows in the soil, which are excavated either beneath stones or the dung of cattle. The O. bipartita is found more particularly in the eastern portion of the Group, becoming gradually scarcer as we approach the west. Thus in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura it is rather common, in Grand Canary decidedly scarcer, and in Teneriffe extremely rare; whilst in the islands to the westward of Teneriffe it has not yet been observed even to exist. The blackish hue of its head, prothorax and scutellum, whilst its elytra are rufo-castaneous, will, apart from minor differences, at once separate it from the other species here enumerated. 520. Ootoma fuscipennis. Melolontha fuscipennis, Brullé,in Webb et Ber. ( Col.) 61,pl.i.f.1 (1858). Ootoma aig ay, Blanch., loc. cit. 120 (1850). oll., Cat.'Can. Col. 196 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Muert., Ten., Gom.?, Palma’), in locis similibus ac preecedens. Widely spread over the Canarian archipelago, but (like the last species) apparently more abundant in the eastern islands than in the western ones. I took it rather commonly in Fuerteventura (beneath the refuse of a camels’ stable in the Rio Palmas), and sparingly in Teneriffe; and I obtained two dead examples in Palma, and the Messrs. Crotch one (even more mutilated still) in Gomera, which I believe are referable to the fuscipennis; but- they are much too im- perfect to enable me to decide this point for certain. 521. Ootoma integra. Ootoma integra, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 197 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can.), semel tantum reperta. The only example which I have seen of this Ootoma was captured by myself in Grand Canary ; and although its characters, if constant, seem abundantly sufficient to indicate a distinct species, yet I cannot but feel that further material is much required in order to ascertain positively that its features are true and permanent ones. GLAPHYRIDA. - 183 522. Ootoma castanea. Melolontha castanea, Brullé, in Webb et Berth. ( Col.) 60 (1888). Dasysterna canariensis?, Rambur, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de Fr. 331 (1843). Ootoma castanea, Blanch., loc. cit. 120 (1850). —— ——, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 198 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), rarissima ; in cuniculis fodiens. Observed hitherto only in Teneriffe—where it was taken by Mr. Gray and myself, and whence it has been obtained by the Bardo do Castello de Paiva. It is closely allied to the O. fuscipennis ; but the particular points (some of them structural ones) which appear to separate it from that species have been fully alluded to in my Canarian Catalogue. 523. Ootoma obscurella. Ootoma obscurella, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 200 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Hierro), rarissima.. Hitherto I have seen but two examples of this Ootoma, both of which were captured by myself (during February 1858) in Hierro. 524. Ootoma obscura. Melolontha obscura, Brullé, in Webb et Berth, ( Col.) 61, pl.i. f.2 (1838). Ootoma obscura, Blanch., loc. cit. 120 (1850). , Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 200 (1864). Habitat Canarienses, 4 Dom. Brullé inter Coleoptera Canariensia admissa. As M. Brulleé did not think it necessary to indicate a single habitat in the small and inaccurate list which he prepared for the gigantic work of MM. Webb and Berthelot, I am quite at a loss to conjecture in what island the present Ootoma was taken. And although most of the characters which his diagnosis is built upon are merely those which are common to all the species here enumerated, there is nevertheless one referred to (namely, the enlarged spatuliform clava of its antennse) which would seem to prevent me from identifying the O. obscura with any of the preceding species. Fam. 33. GLAPHY RID. Genus 162. CHASMATOPTERUS. (Dejean) Latr., Regn. An. iy. 567 (1829). 184 _ DYNASTIDE. 525, Chasmatopterus nigrocinctus. Chasmatopterus nigrocinctus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 236 (1854). —— — , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 81 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), a cl. Heineken, M.D., olim eaptus; an ex alienis introductus? As in the case of the Gyrinus natator, I cannot but feel a little doubtful whether I ought any longer to admit this insect into the Atlantic fauna,—a single example from the collection of the late Dr. Heineken, and which was taken by him many years ago in Madeira proper, embodying all that I yet know concerning it. So large a species, if really indigenous (or established) in the island, could hardly have escaped the combined researches of so many naturalists who have since (with such unwearied assiduity) toiled over the same ground as that which Dr. Heineken investigated. And although perhaps I cannot well refuse admission to the insect in this Catalogue, I must nevertheless express my belief that it is not truly Madetran, but was more probably an accidental importation from some other country. Fam. 34. DYNASTIDA. Genus 163. PHYLLOGNATHUS. Eschscholtz, Bull. de Moscou, 65 (1880). 526. Phyllognathus Silenus. Scarabzeus Silenus, Fab., Syst. Ent. i. 18 (1775). , Brullé, in Webb et Berth. ( Col.) 60 (1838). Oryctes Silenus, Hurt., Geolog. Verhiiltn. Lanz. und Fuert. 141. Phyllognathus Silenus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 201 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert., Ten.), sub recremento stabulorum necnon sub stercore bovino, equino, camelino fodiens, An insect of Mediterranean latitudes* which occurs sparingly in the Canarian archipelago, particularly in the eastern portion of it. It is not very uncommon in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, under stable-refuse or burrowing beneath dung; but I have not observed it in any of the other islands, A specimen however, stated to be Teneriffan, has been communicated by the Bardo do Castello de Paiva. In Lanzarote it is called “Chamorro” by the inhabitants. * T have captured it at Mogadore, on the opposite coast of Morocco. —_ ee eS ae CETONIADE. - 185 Genus 164. ORYCTES. Iliger, Kaf. Preuss. 11 (1798). 527. Oryctes prolixus. Scarabzeus nasicornis, Brullé [nec L. |, in Webb et Ber. ( Col.).60 (1888). Oryctes prolixus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 202 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (T'en., Gom., Hierro), rarior. Radices truncosque emortuos Huphorbie piseatorie sub terra edere epud oculatissi- mum G, R. Crotch dicitur. Sparingly distributed over the central and western islands of the Canarian Group, to which it seems to be peculiar—having been captured by myself in Teneriffe and Hierro, and by the Rev. R. T. Lowe and the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera. Although much allied to the European O. grypus, I believe nevertheless that the features which distinguish it therefrom are truly specific ones; and this is rendered all the more probable from the singularity of its habits, concerning which I received an interesting communication from Mr. G. R. Crotch during his late sojourn in Gomera. According to his report, it would appear to feed on the roots (and underground portions of the stems) of the Euphorbia piscatoria—a plant eminently characteristic of these Atlantic islands. Mr. Crotch states that, in one instance, on pulling up a dead shrub of the piscatoria, he found “a female Oryctes and some 20 or 30 larve.” We may therefore, perhaps, expect to meet with it throughout the Zuphorbia-regions generally. Fam. 35. CETONIADZ. Genus 165. EPICOMETIS. Burmeister, Handb. der Ent. iii. 434 (1842), 528. Epicometis squalida. Scarabzeus squalidus, Linn., Syst. Nat. i. ii. 556 (1767). Cetonia crinita, Charp., Hore Ent. 213 (1825). hirta, Brudlé [nec ’ Fab. ], in Webb et Berth. ( Col.) 62 (1838). Tropinota Reyi, Muls., Lamell. de France, 575 (1842). Epicometis squalida, Wolk. Cat. Can. Col, 203 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (ins. omnes), ad flores vulgaris. A Mediterranean insect which is quite universal. throughout the Canarian archipelago, in the whole seven islands of which I have myself captured it. It occurs principally at intermediate elevations, and often abounds on the flowers of the Asphodelus fistulosus, as well as on those of Thistles. 186 BUPRESTID &. 529. Epicometis femorata. Cetonia femorata, Iilig., Mag. fiir Ins. ii. 231 (1803). — hispanica, Gory et Perch., Mon. des Cét. 280 (1833). Epicometis femorata, Burm., Handb. der Ent. iii. 435 (1842). , Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 204 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Fuert., Can.), in aridis arenosis rarissima. The EL. femorata, which is found in Spain and Algeria, occurs very rarely at the Canaries. I captured a few specimens of it in the sandy tract at Corralejo, in the extreme north of Fuerteventura, burrowing into the loose sand around the roots of shrubby plants ; and two more were taken (dead) by the Messrs. Crotch, near Las Palmas, in Grand Canary. | Fam, 36. BUPRESTIDZ. Genus 166. ACMAZODERA. Eschscholtz, Zool. Atlas, i. 9 (1823). 530. Acmezodera cisti. Acmeodera cisti, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. ix. 489 (1862). —— —, Id., Cat. Can. Col, 204 (1864), Habitat Canarienses (Can., Ten., Palma), ad flores presertim Cisti, Cytisi, et Spartic in locis elevatis usque ad 8000’ s. m. ascendens. Occurs at lofty elevations in Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and Palma, on the flowers of the various shrubs (such as the Spartiwm nubigena, the Cystisus proliferus, and the Cistus monspeliensis and vagans) which characterize the higher districts, ascending to at least 8000 feet above the sea. Judging however from a note now before me, which was received from Mr. G. R. Crotch during his sojourn in Teneriffe, it would appear that it is not in reality attached (7. e. in its previous states) to any of those particular plants ; for he mentions that he had extracted it ‘‘ out of the burrows where it feeds—in the ‘gorse’ (as they term it), not in the Retama.” I cannot say for certain what is the exact shrub referred to by Mr. Crotch ; but I am informed by the Rev. R. T. Lowe that it is probably identical with the “ codeso—a name which in the Canaries includes several species of Genista.”’? Elsewhere, however, I see the ‘“ codeso ” referred to the Adenocarpus frankenoides ; but, still, whether the “ codeso” and ‘“‘ gorse’’ be one and the same plant remains to be proved*. * Since the above was written, Dr. Crotch has informed me that the ‘ gorse ”” and “ codeso” are positively identical. BUPRESTIDZ. 187 | 531. Acmeodera fracta. Acmeeodera fracta, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 205 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can.), ad flores rarissima. The only two examples which I have yet seen of this Acmeodera (which is closely allied to the preceding species) were captured by myself in Grand Canary,—one of them in the low sandy region of El Charco, in the extreme south of that island, and the other in the lofty Pinal of Tarajana (above San Bartolomé), It would appear, consequently, to be independent of elevation. 532. Acmeodera plagiata. Acmodera plagiata, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 206 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can.), rarissima; semel tantum reperta. Likewise found in Grand Canary, but hitherto unique—a single example taken by myself, beneath a stone, on an arid slope in the south of Grand Canary (between Maspalomas and Juan Grande) being the only one that I have yet seen. 533. Acmzodera ornata. Acmeevdera ornata, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 207 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Fuert.), semel deprehensa. Also unique, but found in a different island of the Canarian Group from any of the preceding species—namely, Fuerteventura. It was captured by myself in the Rio Palmas, at the beginning of April 1859. Genus 167. BUPRESTIS. Linnzeus, Syst. Nat. i. ii. 659 (1767). 534. Buprestis Bertheloti. Buprestis Bertheloti, Brallé, in Webb et Berth. ( Col.) pl. ii. f. 12 (1838). — , Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 207 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Hierro), rarissima; in pinetis precipue (an semper ?) degens. — A large Canarian Buprestis (of excessive rarity) which entirely escaped my own researches, no less than those of all other recent naturalists except the Messrs. Crotch—who during the summer of 1864 met with several dead examples of it, in spiders’ webs in the re- 188 BUPRESTIDZ. mote Pinal which occupies a small but elevated area at the southern extremity of the Cumbre in the island of Hierro. Previously however to this important discovery, I had received a single example of it from the Barfio do Castello de Paiva, by whom it was obtained from an old (but accurate) collection which had been formed many years ago in Teneriffe ; and it would appear, from inquiries subsequently instituted by the Baron Paiva, that the Teneriffan example was professedly from the Agua Garcia (or, rather, its immediate vicinity). Although however I have no doubt that it was strictly Teneriffan, I do not place entire confidence in the exact habitat claimed for it, but should be disposed to conclude, from the positive evidence gained by the Messrs. Crotch in Hierro, that it is normally a pine-destroying insect and is consequently attached to the Pinals. Judging from the single individual just alluded to, the Hierro specimens would seem to be a little larger than the Teneriffan ones, with their prothorax even still more roughly punctured and having its lateral yellow streak carried further back—indeed almost to the hinder margin. Genus 168. ANTHRAXIA. Eschscholtz; Zool. Atlas, i. 9 (1823). 535. Anthraxia senilis. Anthraxia senilis, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 208 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can.), in pinetis editioribus inter flores Cisto- rum parce deprehensa. The few specimens of this Anthraxia which have hitherto been met with I captured at a high elevation on the mountains of Grand Canary,—flying in the hot sunshine, amongst Cistus-blossoms, in the lofty Pinal of Tarajana (above San Bartolomé). Genus 169. AGRILUS. (Megerle) Steph., Zl. Brit. Ent. iii. 239 (1830). 536. Agrilus Darwinii. Agrilus Darwinii, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 82 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), rarissimus ; semel tantum repertus. A Madeiran Agrilus, and evidently one of the most rare of all the truly indigenous Coleoptera of these Atlantic islands. Indeed the only specimen which has hitherto been brought to light was captured THROSCIDA. 189 by myself, during August 1855, by beating rank vegetation in the north of Madeira proper—about a third of the way up the Ribeiro de Sao Jorge. Fam. 37. THROSCIDZ. Genus 170. THROSCUS. Latreille, Préc. des Caract. Gén. des Ins, 42 (1796). § I. Oculi integri. 537. Throscus latiusculus. Throscus latiusculus, Woll., Append. hij. op. 30. Habitat Canarienses (Hierro), 4 DD, Crotch sat copiose deprehensus. Captured by the Messrs. Crotch in Hierro, the most western of the Canarian islands, where they obtained it rather abundantly. 538. Throscus elongatulus. Throscus integer, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. [sed vix Cat. Mad, Col.| 209 (1864). elongatulus, Id., Append. hay. op. 30. Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom., Palma), in sylvaticis editioribus rarissimus. Likewise Canarian, occurring sparingly under dead sticks and rubbish in the sylvan districts of a rather high elevation. A tolerable series of if was taken in Gomera, during the summer of 1864, by the Messrs. Crotch; and it is from their specimens that my diagnosis, given in the Appendix, has been compiled. I had myself, however, met with a few examples previously, both in Teneriffe and Palma, which I have little doubt are conspecific with the Gomeran ones, even though it is true that a Palman individual which is now before me does not perfectly accord with the latter. At any rate, since it is the Gomeran insect that I have taken as the type of the present species, I need scarcely add that if future material should prove the Teneriffan and Palman Throscus to be distinct (which I consider im- probable) the name e/ongatulus must of course apply to the former. The 7. elongatulus closely resembles the Madeiran 7’. integer, of which I am far from satisfied that it is more than a geographical state ; but the characters, small though they be (even whilst constant), which distinguish it therefrom have been fully pointed out in the Appendix. 190 ELATERID &. 539. Throscus integer. _ Trixagus integer, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 82 (1857). Throscus integer, Id., Append. huj. op. 31. Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), rarissimus ; hinc inde in lauretis humi- dis excelsis. Found in the damp sylvan districts of a rather high elevation in Madeira proper, where however it is extremely scarce. I have taken it beneath rotten wood, at the Montado dos Pecegueiros, in the north _ of the island. § IT. Ocule wn medio transversim sulcati. 540. Throscus gracilis. Throscus elateroides ? Heer, Fna Helv. 445 (1841). Trixagus gracilis, Woll., Ins. Mad. 237 (1854). , Id., Cat. Mad. Col, 84 (1857). Halitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub cortice laxo necnon inter lichenes ad lignum antiquum crescentes in inferioribus rarissimus. The few examples which I have yet seen of this T’hroscus were taken by myself at a low elevation in the south of Madeira proper —namely under the loosened bark of a plane-tree in the Praca da Rainha in Funchal, and amongst lichen growing on the rotten wood of an old peach-tree in the Rey. R. T. Lowe’s garden at the Levada. In all probability the species will be found to be identical with the T'. elateroides of southern Europe ; but until further material has been obtained for comparison, I will not suppress the name under which it has hitherto been cited, particularly as De Bonvouloir (judging solely, however, from my diagnosis) records a doubt as to whether it is absolutely conspecific with that insect. Should it ulti- mately prove to be so, of course Heer’s title would have the priority. Fam. 38. ELATERIDZ. Genus 171. COPTOSTETHUS. Wollaston, Ins. Mad, 238 (1854). 541. Coptostethus femoratus. Coptostethus femoratus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 240, tab. iv. f. 8 (1854). , Id., Cat. Mad. Col, 84 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (P! S*), sub lapidibus in montibus rarissimus. ELATERIDA. 191 Observed hitherto only in Porto Santo, of the Madeiran Group, where moreover it is of the utmost rarity,—occurring beneath stones on the rocky mountain-slopes. It is the only member of the Ela- teride which has been detected in the Madeiran archipelago. 542, Coptostethus crassiusculus. Coptostethus crassiusculus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 213 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can.), in intermediis editioribusque rarissimus. A very variable Copostethus which inhabits the intermediate and lofty elevations of Grand Canary, occurring sparingly beneath stones. 543. Coptostethus brunneipennis. Coptostethus ois op ges Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. xi, 218 (1863). —— ——., ld., Cat. Can. Col. 210 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (T'en., Gom., Palma, Hierro), sub lapidibus rarior ; ’ preecipue in intermediis et editioribus (rarissime in inferioribus) occurrens. Species valde inconstans. A Canarian insect, which has been observed in Teneriffe, Gomera, Palma, and Hierro,—occurring for the most part at intermediate and rather lofty (but now and then even in the lower) altitudes. It is eminently inconstant, the whole of its characters (though never simultaneously) being more or less subject to variation ; and in three examples now before me, which were taken by the Messrs. Crotch (while sifting fallen leaves) at a high elevation on the mountains of Gomera, the elytra are somewhat more rounded (or widened) before the middle, but I cannot see anything about them to constitute a specific difference. 544. Coptostethus gracilis. Coptostethus gracilis, Woll., Cat. Can. Col, 211 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), preecipue in montibus valde elevatis sub lapidibus parce degens. Usque ad 9000’ s. m. ascendit. Likewise Canarian, and observed only (hitherto) in the higher - altitudes of Teneriffe—where it attains its maximum on the exposed elevated Cumbres from about 8000 to 9000 feet above the sea. It occurs beneath stones, in company with the C. globulicollis, but much more sparingly; and although it is evidently allied to the (very inconstant) brunnetpennis, I nevertheless do not believe that it can possibly be regarded as any small and narrow modification of that insect. 192 CYPHONIDA,. 545. Coptostethus canariensis. Coptostethus canariensis, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. ii. 196 (1858). —— — , Candeze, Mon. des Elat. iii. 105 (1860). _—— — , Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 211 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (T'en.), sub lapidibus in inferioribus occurrens. This Coptostethus (which is also Canarian) has been detected only in the lower districts of Teneriffe—where it occurs, beneath stones, from the sea-level to an elevation (so far as has been hitherto observed) of no more than about 800 feet. It is not uncommon in the rocky ground to the westward of the Puerto Orotava. _ 546. Coptostethus globulicollis. Coptostethus globulicollis, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. ix. 440 (1862). , Id., Cat. Can, Col, 212 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (TJen.), in montibus valde elevatis usque ad 9000! s. m. ascendens. Also peculiar to Teneriffe, occurring in the higher elevations of that island. It attains its maximum from about 8000 to 9000 feet above the sea, and seldom descends into even the sylvan districts. I have taken it in profusion, from beneath stones and scoriz, on the lofty Cumbre (adjoining the Cafiadas) above Yeod el Alto, as well as on the opposite heights above the Agua Mansa. 547. Coptostethus obtusus. Coptostethus obtusus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 213 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), rarissimus; in sylvaticis editioribus semel tantum repertus. | Hitherto I have seen but a single specimen of this insect, which was captured by myself in the sylvan region of the Agua Mansa in Teneriffe. It presents so many peculiarities of its own that I scarcely think it can possibly be regarded as any modification, or monstrosity, of the globulicollis ; nevertheless further material is much required, in’ order to ascertain for certain that its characters are constant ones, _ Fam. 39. CYPHONIDZ. Genus 172. EUCINETUS. Schippel, cx Germ. Mag. iii. 255 (1818). DRILIDA. 193 548. Eucinetus ovum. Eucinetus ovum, Woll., Ins. Mad. 242 (1854). , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 85 (1857). —,, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 215 (1864), Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Z'en., Gom.), sub cortice lignoque putrido in sylvaticis humidis editioribus rarissimus. Occurs sparingly in the damp sylvan districts, of intermediate and rather lofty elevations, both at the Madeiras and Canaries. At the former it has been taken in Madeira proper, and at the latter—by myself in Teneriffe, and by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera. Genus 173. CYPHON. Paykull, Fua Suee. ii, 117 (1798). 549, Cyphon gracilicornis. Cyphon gracilicornis, Woll., Cat. Can. Col, 214 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can., Ten., Gom.), in herbidis humidiusculis intermediis late sed parce diffusus. Found amongst herbage, in damp spots, in the intermediate dis- tricts of Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and Gomera; and we may expect to meet with it in Palma and Hierro likewise. It closely resembles the European C. coarctatus, of which I am far from satisfied that it is more than a geographical state. Fam. 40, DRILIDZ. Genus 174. MALACOGASTER. Bassi, Mag. de Zool. (Ins.) pl. 99 (1832). 550. Malacogaster tilloides. Malacogaster tilloides, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 215 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Fvert.), rarissimus; inter plantas Arundinis donacis in aquosis nascentes parcissime lectus. A Canarian insect of the greatest rarity, which I captured sparingly in Fuerteventura—amongst plants of the Arwndo donax growing in swampy places in the Rio Palmas. Although allied to, it is totally distinct from the Sicilian M. Passerinii, which is a little larger, broader, and less shining,—its surface (which is studded with shorter, less erect, and darker hairs) being more sculptured, 194 TELEPHORID. Fam, 41. TELEPHORIDZ. Genus 175. MALTHINUS. Latreille, Gen. Crust. et Ins. i, 261 (1806). 551. Malthinus mutabilis. Malthinus mutabilis, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i. 424 (1862). » Id., Cat. Can. Col. 216 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (ins. omnes), ad flores, passim. A Canarian Malthinus which has been found in the whole seven islands of the archipelago, occurring on flowers at low and interme- diate elevations. It is extremely variable, both in size and colour ; and, although perfectly distinct from the European M. flaveolus, it may perhaps be looked upon as the representative at the Canaries of that species. | 552. Malthinus flammeicollis. Malthinus croceicollis, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i, 426 (1862). — —, Id., Cat. Can, Col, 217 (1864), Habitat Canarienses (Can.), ad flores in intermediis minus frequens. This Malthinus I have met with as yet only in Grand Canary, where it is not uncommon during the spring months throughout the region of El Monte. I have changed its name to flammeicollis on account of Motschulsky having previously described a croceicollis in the nearly allied genus Malthodes—a group so close to Malthinus that in all probability it will not long be upheld as distinct. Genus 176, MALTHODES, Kiesenwetter, in Linn. Ent. vii. 265 (1852). 553. Malthodes Kiesenwetteri. Malthodes Kiesenwetteri, Woll., Ins. Mad. 243 (1854). — —, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 85 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P® S*), ad flores in herbidis inter- mediis parce occurrens. Not uncommon on flowers in the intermediate districts of Madeira proper and Porto Santo, where it represents the M. brevicollis of more northern latitudes, Indeed it is so closely allied to the latter that I should scarcely have treated it as more than a geographical MALACHIADE. 195 modification of it, had I not been informed by Kiesenwetter (who examined it carefully, after having compiled his elaborate Monograph of the group) that he considered it to be specifically distinct. Fam. 42. MALACHIADA. Genus 177. MALACHIUS. Fabricius, Syst. Ent, i. 221 (1792). 554. Malachius militaris. Malachius militaris, Woll., Ins. Mad. 245 (1854). —— — , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 85 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), hinc inde ad flores in cultis inferioribus. A Malachius which is sometimes tolerably common in the lower elevations of Madeira proper, occurring principally about gardens and other cultivated grounds. I have taken it in and around Funchal ; and specimens have lately been communicated by the Bardo do Cas- tello de Paiva. In colour and general aspect it greatly resembles the European M. rubricollis, Mshm,—from which however it differs in its very much shorter limbs (the antenne particularly being more abbreviated), in its tarsi and anterior legs having a tendency (more or less expressed) to be diluted in hue, in its prothorax being less transverse (or more narrowed behind) and with a longitudinal black patch (seldom absent) down the disk, and in its elytra being almost free from any appearance of erect blackish additional hairs*, * A single example of a Malachius which possibly may prove to be conspecific with the Madeiran M. militaris, but which I think seems scarcely to differ from the common European MM. rubricollis, has been communicated by De Marseul (who informs me that he possesses two more of them) as Canarian; but since several of the insects in the same consignment are labelled with wnmistakeably wrong localities, I feel that I cannot safely admit the species (even whilst pro- fessedly from the collection of M. de la Perraudiére) into this Catalogue. The only point, so far as I can detect, in which the individual before me recedes from the ordinary type consists in its total freedom from pubescence; nevertheless, as its antennz are broken off, I cannot say this for certain. But, ¢f truly Canarian, it is not impossible that further and more satisfactory material might disclose some other small diagnostic features (either external or structural) ; and I will therefore record it briefly as follows, in the event of its proving ultimately to be distinct from the rubricollis and militaris, and its habitat to be correct :— Malachius rufoterminatus, n. sp. ? M. nitidus, calvus, (oculo fortissime armato) minutissime, vix perspicue punctu- latus; capite latiusculo elytrisque nigro-cyaneis, his ad apicem prothoraceque lete testaceo-rufis; [antennis mihi non obviis;] pedibus subcyaneo-nigris.— Long. corp. lin. 12. Cantharis rubricollis?, Mshm, Ent. Brit. 371 (1802). Habitat ins. Canarienses (sec. cl. De Marseul), mihi non obvius. 02 196 MALACHIADA. Genus 178. ATTALUS. Erichson, Entomograph. 89 (1840). § I. Prothorax plus minus (i.e. vel omnino, vel in parte majore, vel versus angulos solos posticos) pallidus. 555, Attalus pellucidus. Pecteropus pellucidus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 247 (note) (1854). Attalus pellucidus, Id., Journ. of Ent. i. 429 (1862). — , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 219 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Z7’en.), ad flores vulgaris. Ab ord maritima usque ad 8000! s, m. ascendit. A Canarian Attalus which has been detected hitherto only in Teneriffe, where it occurs on flowers (often very abundantly) at nearly all elevations. 556. Attalus ruficollis. Attalus ruficollis, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i. 428 (1862). , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 219 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Z'en., Palma, preecipue illam), vulgaris, in locis similibus ac precedens. Found in Teneriffe, generally in company with the last species—to which indeed it is so closely allied that it appears to differ from it merely in having its prothorax red, instead of black. As stated however in my Canarian Catalogue, I can nevertheless scarcely treat it as a variety of that insect, inasmuch as I have not yet been able to procure even an approximation to anything like an intermediate link between the two; and that the differences are not sexual ones is certain, for the males and females of each form remain perfectly eonstant to each other. Moreover the specific distinctness is perhaps rendered still more probable through the circumstance that there is a small state of the ruficollis (the “ var. 8. pauperculus” of my dia- gnosis) peculiar to Palma, and I have seen no Attalus in that island at all analogous to the pellucidus of Teneriffe; whereas had the latter been a modification which the ruficollis is so eminently liable to assume, we might certainly have expected to meet with some traces of it in Palma—in like manner as we do (thus abundantly) in Teneriffe. 557. Attalus pallipes. Attalus pallipes, Woll., Cat. Can. Col..220-(1864). Habitat Canarienses (T'en., Gom.?), ’ W. D. Crotch deprehensus. MALACHIAD. 197 Found by Dr. Crotch (rather abundantly) in Teneriffe, during his Canarian expedition of 1862; and he had also a single example of it amongst his material from Gomera. I think however that further evidence would be desirable for the latter habitat before it can be considered to be perfectly established, for it is of course within the range of possibility that one of Dr. Crotch’s Teneriffan specimens may have become mixed up accidentally with his Gomeran collection. The A. pallipes is nearly related to the ruficollis, but its many distinctions (chiefly, however, of colour) have been fully pointed out in my Canarian Catalogue. 558. Attalus ornatissimus. Attalus ornatissimus, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i, 431, pl. xx. f, 2 (1862), , Id., Cat. Can, Col, 221 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Palma), ad flores in intermediis et presertim editioribus hine inde vulgaris. Peculiar apparently to the intermediate and (more especially) lofty elevations of Palma, in the Canarian Group—where it has been taken, successively, by Mr. Gray, myself, and Dr. Crotch, 559, Attalus rugifrons. Attalus rugifrons, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i, 431 (1862), , Id., Cat. Can. Col, 221 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Giom.), in intermediis tempore hiemali captus. Taken by Mr. Gray and myself (on the hills above San Sebastian) in Gomera, of the Canarian Group, during February 1858 ; but it has not yet been detected elsewhere, 560. Attalus ovatipennis. Attalus ovatipennis, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i, 429 (1862). - ———,, Id., Cat. Can, Col. 220 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (ins. omnes), ad flores varios, passim. The most widely spread of all the Canarian Attali, it having now been detected in the whole seven islands of the archipelago; for although until lately it had not been observed in Hierro, six examples are now before me from that island which were found by the Messrs, Crotch at a high elevation in the sylvan district of El Golfo—close to 198 MALACHIADE. the Fountain known locally as the “Fonte de Tivataje,” on the descent from the Cumbre. It is the only Attalus which has yet been met with in Hierro*, 561. Attalus bisculpturatus. Attalus bisculpturatus, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i. 430 (1862). , Id., Cat, Can. Col, 221 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Fuert.), rarissimus. Specimina duo Aprili in- eunte a. p. 1859 deprehendi. A remarkable species, two examples only of which have as yet come beneath my notice. They were taken by myself in Fuerte- ventura, of the Canarian Group—near the little town of S* Maria Betancuria, in the Rio Palmas, 562. Attalus chrysanthemi. Anthocomus analis, Hart. Fe ‘Pnz.], Geol. Verh. Lanz. uu. Fuert. 140. Attalus chrysanthemi, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i. 432, pl. xx. f. 3 (1862). , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 222 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert.), ad flores preesertim Chrysanthemi ochroleuct, W. et B., in intermediis hinc inde vulgaris. A most beautiful (and constant) Attalus, which has been observed hitherto only in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura—the two eastern islands of the Canarian Group. It is locally abundant, at intermediate ele- vations, on flowers—particularly those of a large Chrysanthemum (the C. ochroleucus, W. et B.); but it is less common in Fuerteventura than in Lanzarote. 563. Attalus commixtus. Attalus commixtus, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i. 433 (1862). —— , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 223 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz.), ad flores Huphorbiarum in saxosis in- termediis parce captus, The few examples which I have seen of this Attalus (which is a good deal allied to the preceding species, though I believe perfectly distinct from it) were taken by myself in Lanzarote, of the Canarian Group—from Euphorbia-blossoms, in the north of that island. * [ have no reason to suppose that there is any deficiency of the Malacoderms in Hierro; but as our short sojourn in that island was too early in the season, and that of the Messrs. Crotch too late, for the generality of the flower-infesting Coleoptera, we did not fall in with many of them. MALACHIADZ. 199 _ §64, Attalus levicollis. Attalus leevicollis, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i. 434 (1862). —_— — , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 223 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz.), rarissimus ; una cum specie precedente semel repertus. Hitherto unique, the only example which I have seen having been captured by myself (in company with the last species) in the north of Lanzarote—of the Canarian Group. 565. Attalus posticus. Attalus posticus, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i. 434 (1862). —— —, Id., Cat, Can, Col, 224 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Fuert.), semel tantum lectus. . Taken by myself in Fuerteventura, of the Canarian Group—close to S“ Maria Betancuria, in the Rio Palmas; but, like the last species, it is hitherto unique. 566, Attalus anthicoides, Attalus anthicoides, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i. 435, pl. xx. f. 4 (1862), — —, Id., Cat. Can. Col, 224 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert.), vel ad flores vel seepius sub re- cremento farris circa basin acervorum tritici sparso hine inde sat vulgaris. Peculiar (so far as I have yet observed) to Lanzarote and Fuerte- ventura, the two eastern islands of the Canarian archipelago,—where it occurs not merely upon flowers, but (far oftener) beneath the refuse around the base of corn-stacks. Its habits indeed, no less than its prima facie aspect, are quite those of the Heteromerous genus Anthicus; and in fact it so nearly resembles, at first sight, the A. canariensis (with which it is frequently found in company) that until carefully examined it might almost be mistaken for that insect. § Il. Prothoraa cum capite elytrisque concolor (rarius ad angulos ipsissimos posticos obscwrissume et anguste pallidus). 567. Attalus tuberculatus. Attalus tuberculatus, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i. 436 (1862). — —, Ld., Cat. Can, Col, 225 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom.), ad flores minus frequens. Likewise a Canarian Attalus, and one which I have myself observed 200 MALACHIADE. only near the Puerto Orotava in Teneriffe; but several examples are now before me which were captured by the Messrs. Crotch, during the summer of 1864, in Gomera. The Gomeran specimens are more or less appreciably seneous ; whereas the Teneriffan ones are black, ~ with only a very faint brassy tinge. 568. Attalus obscurus. Attalus obscurus, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i. 437 (1862). , dd., Cat, Can. Col, 235 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can.), ad flores in intermediis occurrens. I have observed this Attalus hitherto only in Grand Canary, where it is not uncommon during the spring months throughout the region of El] Monte and towards the summit of the Bandama mountain. 569. Attalus subopacus. Attalus subopacus, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i. 437 (1862). — — , Id., Cat. Can. ’ Col, 226 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert.), ad flores sat vulgaris. Detected as yet only in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, the eastern islands of the Canarian Group,—where however it is widely spread, and in certain districts rather common. 570. Attalus metallicus. Attalus metallicus, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i. 438 (1862). » Id., Cat. Can. Col. 226 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Ten.), ad flores presertim Luphorbiarum hinc inde haud infrequens. A Canarian Attalus which is rather common in Lanzarote, where it is particularly partial to the flowers of the various Euphorbias in in the north of that island. It would seem likewise to occur in Teneriffe ; for I captured a single specimen of it there (the “var. /. similis”? of my diagnosis), which however differs a little from the Lanzarotan type. — 571. Attalus znescens. Attalus eenescens, Woll., Journ. o of Ent. i, 438 (1862). , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 22 (1864). Habitat pets iaiies (Can., Ten., Gom., Palma), ab ord maritima usque ad 8000's. m. ascendens, ns A rather common little species; and widely spread over the central MALACHIADA. 201 and western islands of the Canarian archipelago, occurring from the sea-level to an altitude of at least 8000 feet. It has been captured in Grand Canary, Teneriffe (where it often abounds at a lofty eleva- tion on the blossoms of the Retama), Gomera, and Palma; and we may consequently expect to meet with it in Hierro likewise. The A. enescens varies a little in sculpture—the examples from the higher altitudes of Teneriffe (where it abounds on the blossoms of the Retama) being a little more sparingly and strongly punctured, as well as somewhat more polished and with their heads just percep- tibly rounder and more developed; but I do not think that they have the slighest claim to be regarded as distinct from those which are found in the less elevated districts. Nevertheless that particular state is the one which I took as my type of the species ; and if there- fore the rather more closely punctured form (which occurs not only in Teneriffe, but in Gomera and Palma likewise) should at any future time have to be separated (which I cannot but regard as extremely improbable), it must stand under the name of puncticollis—which I applied ‘to it, treating it as a “‘ var. 3,” in my diagnosis. 572. Attalus maderensis. Pecteropus maderensis, Woll., Ins, Mad. 247, tab. iv. f. 7 (1854). —, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 85 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P® S®., Bugio), ad flores presertim Cinerarie aurite in editioribus vulgaris. Peculiar to the Madeiran Group, where most probably it will be found to be quite universal,—though it is evidently far more abun- dant in Madeira proper than elsewhere. It occurs principally in the higher elevations, and has been detected hitherto in Madeira proper, Porto Santo, and the southern Deserta (or Bugio). In the sylvan districts of Madeira proper it is very partial to the flowers of the Cineraria aurita (the Senecio maderensis of De Candolle), the large clusters of which often teem with it. Judging from the examples which I have yet taken, the species would-appear to be much smaller in Porto Santo and the Bugio than it is in Madeira proper,—a fact however which is rendered quite intelligible from the comparatively exposed and weather-beaten nature of those two islands. Indeed the only spot where I have observed it in Porto Santo is the extreme summit of the Pico Branco; and on the southern Deserta I met with it, in like manner, on the very top of that remote and almost inaccessible rock. | b 202 ' MALACHIADA. 573. Attalus rugosus. Pecteropus rugosus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 249 (1854). ——, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 86 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), ad flores in inferioribus occurrens. Closely allied to the last species, though I believe truly distinct from it, Hitherto, however, it has been observed only in Madeira proper; and whilst the A. maderensis is peculiar (both there and elsewhere) to the higher elevations, the rugosus occurs nearly at the sea-level, Indeed it-has been captured hitherto merely in one locality—immediately above the Praia Formosa, to the westward of Funchal; though we may of course expect to meet with it more generally, throughout the lower districts, Genus 179. PECTEROPUS*. Wollaston, Ins. Mad. 245 (1854). 574. Pecteropus rostratus. Pecteropus rostratus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 250, tab. iv. f. 9 (1854), ,Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 86 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (P! S8”., Des., Bugio), ad flores sat vulgaris. Peculiar apparently to the Madeiran Group, though it has not yet been observed in Madeira proper; but in Porto Santo and on the two southern Desertas (namely, the Deserta Grande and the Bugio) it is tolerably common during the spring and early summer months, occurring on flowers and principally at rather low elevations. The Porto Santan examples (var. a) are on the average somewhat paler, more brassy, and less rugose than those (var. 8), which are more coppery, from the Desertas. 575. Pecteropus angustifrons. Pecteropus angustifrons, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i. 427, pl. xx. f. 1 (1862), — ——,, ld., Cat. Can. Col. 218 (1864). | Habitat Canarienses (G'om.), ad flores tempore hiemali deprehensus. * In a Paper “on the Canarian Malacoderms,” published in the ‘ Journ. of Ent.’ in 1862, I expressed a doubt whether my genus Pecteropus can be truly upheld as distinct from Attalus. Iam still however inclined to believe (as then) that the few species which compose it are sufficiently separated from the normal Attali to constitute a little group of themselves—in which the head is narrower and much more oval, with the forehead more depressed (often indeed concave), the eyes less prominent, the epistome more produced in front, and the neck relatively broader, whilst, at the same time, the maxillary palpi are somewhat longer, the entire surface is usually more densely sculptured, and the outline is more acuminated anteriorly. As thus defined, Pecteropus would bear much the same sort of relation to Attalus proper as Malthodes (in the Telephoride) does to Malthinus. MALACHIADA. 203 A most elegant species, and likewise peculiar to Gomera—having been taken by Mr. Gray and myself on the hills above San Sebastian, during our short sojourn in that island in February 1858. 576. Pecteropus scitulus. _ Pecteropus scitulus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 218 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Gom.), 4 DD. Crotch repertus. Observed as yet, like the two preceding species, only in Gomera —where it was taken first by Dr. Crotch during the spring of 1862, and subsequently by himself and his brother during their late Canarian expedition. As implied in my Canarian Catalogue, it has so much the general colouring and aspect of a true Attalus that at first sight it might appear doubtful whether it should not be assigned to that group rather than to Pecteropus; nevertheless its more pro- duced head and narrower, flatter forehead, in conjunction with its less prominent eyes, are more in accordance with the Pecteropi than with the Attali. It is extremely variable in colour,—its prothorax, which has generally only the sides and hinder region broadly rufous, being sometimes entirely red; whilst its elytra are either dark- cyaneous or else with a greenish, or greenish-brassy, tinge ; and its front legs, which are usually but partly pale, are sometimes entirely so. Its primd facie aspect is consequently more suggestive of such — species of the normal Attali as the ruficollis and ornatissimus than of the totally metallic Porto Santan P. rostratus (which I would regard as the type of its particular group); nevertheless with its immediate ally, the P. angustifrons (which is likewise peculiar to Gomera), it has much in common. Genus 180. MICROMIMETES. Wollaston, Journ. of Ent. i. 439 (1862). 577. Micromimetes alutaceus. Micromimetes alutaceus, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i. 441, pl. xx. £.5 (1862). — —, ld., Cat. Can. Col, 227 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can.), rarissimus ; ad flores in aridis arenosis parce captus, The only examples which I have yet seen of this Malacoderm were captured by myself, during April 1858, in the sandy district at Mas- palomas in the extreme south of Grand Canary. 240 MALACHIAD2, 578. Micromimetes ? jucundus. Micromimetes? jucundus, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i. 441 (1862). —, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 228 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can.), semel tantum repertus. Likewise peculiar (apparently) to Grand Canary, the single speci- men hitherto detected having been captured by myself in the region of El Monte in that island. Being unfortunately a female one, I can- not tell whether the tarsi of the male would assign it, or not, to this particular group. I believe however that it is not a Micromimetes ; and it is therefore only provisionally that I have placed it in its present position. - Genus 181. CEPHALOGONIA. Wollaston, Journ. of Ent. i. 442 (1862). 579. Cephalogonia cerasina. Cephalogonia cerasina, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i. 444, pl. xx. f.6 (1862). —_ ——, Id, Cat. Can. Col. 228 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (T’en., Palma), floribus Physalidis aristate in apricis inferioribus preecipue gaudens. The most beautiful of the Atlantic Malacoderms, and which has been observed hitherto only in Teneriffe and Palma of the Canarian Group. It occurs principally at low elevations, in sunny spots, and is chiefly attached to the blossoms of the Physalis aristata—a shrub which is rather common in certain cindery districts towards the coast. Genus 182. CEPHALONCUS. Westwood, in Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond. 178 (1863), 580. Cephaloncus capito. id rmntee ssp Ogcocephalus | capito, Westw., loc. cit. 178 (1863). » Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 229 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can.), rarissimus ; super arbusculas Plocame pendule parcissime lectus. It is in Grand Canary only that this exceedingly rare, and beau- tiful, little Malacoderm has hitherto been observed,—the few speci- mens brought to light having been captured by myself off some shrubs of Plocama pendula at Aldea de San Nicholas, in the west of that island. MELYRID&. 205 Fam. 43. MELYRIDZ. Genus 183. DASYTES. Paykull, Fra Suee. ii. 156 (1798), 581. Dasytes subznescens. Dasytes nigricornis? Brullé| nec Fab. },in Webb et Berth. ( Col.)60(1838). ieteaeebens, Woll., Journ. of He i, 444 (1862). —— ——, Id., Cat. Can. Col, 230 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (in Hierro sola haud detectus), ad flores, passim ; ab ora maritima usque ad 8000's. m. ascendens. 2 Doubtless universal throughout the Canarian archipelago, Hierro (in which however we may be pretty sure that it exists) being the only island of the seven in which it does not happen to have been observed. It is independent of elevation, occurring from the sea- level to an altitude of at least 8000 feet. We may regard it as the representative at the Canaries of the European D. flavipes, to which in many respects it is closely allied; and indeed it is not impossible that it may be, in reality, but a geographical phasis of that species. 582. Dasytes dispar. Dasytes dispar, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i. 445 (1862). — —, ld., Cat. Can. Col, 230 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can.), in intermediis ad flores deprehensus. The only specimens which I have seen of this Dasytes were taken by myself in Grand Canary, where it is not uncommon during the spring months throughout the region of El Monte. 583. Dasytes illustris. Dasytes illustris (Mots.), Woll., Ins. Mad. 252 (1854). — — , Id., Cat. Mad. Col, 86 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (in I/heo Chéo sola haud detectus), ad flores vulgatissimus. Abounds on flowers in the Madeiran archipelago—where it is doubtless universal, though I do not happen to have observed it on the northern Deserta (or Ilheo Chao); but in Madeira proper, Porto Santo, the Deserta Grande, and the Bugio it has been captured in profusion. It occurs likewise in the south of Europe; but it is somewhat remarkable that, although thus common at the Madeiras, it has not yet been detected in the Canarian Group. 206 MELYRID. Genus 184. DOLICHOSOMA. Stephens, Man. Brit. Col. 193 (1839). 584, Dolichosoma Hartungii. Dasytes filiformis, Hart. [nec Creutz.], Geolog. Verhiiltn. Lanz. und Fert. 140, 141. Dolichosoma Hartungii, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i: 446 (1862). — — , ld., Cat. Can. Col. 231 (1864). Habitat Coravioties (Lanz., Fuert., Can., Ten.), ‘a flores in inferi- oribus intermediisque sat vulgare. Not uncommon at low and intermediate elevations in the Canarian Group, at any rate in the eastern and central parts of it—having been taken in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Grand Canary, and Tene- riffe. Although I have not been able to procure a type of that insect for comparison, I believe that it will be found to be closely allied to the D. protensum from Sardinia. Genus 185. HAPLOCNEMUS. Stephens, Zi. Brit. Ent. iii. 316 (script. Aplocnemus | (1830). 585. Haplocnemus sculpturatus. Haplocnemus sculpturatus, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i. 447 (1862). yId., Cat. Can. Col. 232° (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Zen., Gom., Palma), in virgen et preesertim elevatis rarior. Occurs sparingly at intermediate and (more particularly) lofty altitudes in Teneriffe, Gomera, and Palma, of the Canarian Group ; in the first of which I took it (not uncommonly) on the blossoms, as well as from amongst dead sticks beneath the shrubs, of the Retamas on the lofty Cumbre adjoining the Cafadas—more than 8000 feet above the sea. 586. Haplocnemus vestitus. Haplocnemus vestitus, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i, 447 (1862). ——, Id., Cat. Can. Col, 232 (1864). Halitat Canarienses (Hierro), parce deprehensus. Likewise a Canarian Haplocnemus, though as yet observed only in Hierro—where it may be regarded as the representative of the preceding species, which occurs in at any rate three of the other islands. It is in fact closely allied to that insect, of which perhaps it may be some extreme insular modification which is densely beset with long and erect hairs. MELYRID&. 207 Genus 186. MELYROSOMA. Wollaston, Ins. Mad, 258 (1854). 587. Melyrosoma oceanicum. Melyrosoma oceanicum, Woll., Ins. Mad. 253, tab. v. f. 1 (1854). ——, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 86 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), ad flores in editioribus hine inde vul- gare. Usque ad summos montes ascendit. etna Peculiar apparently to Madeira proper, where it occurs on flowers (occasionally in abundance) at lofty elevations,—ascending to the summits of the highest peaks. 588. Melyrosoma costipenne. Melyrosoma costipenne, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i. 448 (1862). —— ——,, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 233 (1864). ' Habitat Canarienses (Can.), in locis similibus ac preecedens. Observed hitherto only in Grand Canary, where (although per- fectly distinct from it) it may be regarded as the representative of the Madeiran MW. oceanicum. Like that species, it is found on flowers at very lofty altitudes, 589. Melyrosoma hirtum. Melyrosoma hirtum, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i. 449 (1862). —— — , Ia., Cat. Can. Col, 233 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (7'en.), in montibus valde excelsis rarius ; etiam ad 12,000’ s.m. a cl. W. D. Crotch parce lectum. A Canarian species which has been detected hitherto only in the higher (and highest) elevations of Teneriffe, where it ascends to the actual summit of the Peak—Dr. Crotch, during the spring of 1862, _having captured a few examples of it on the very top of the cone itself (upwards of 12,000 feet above the sea). I have myself met with it on the ascent to the Cumbre from the Agua Mansa. 590. Melyrosoma abdominale, Melyrosoma abdominale, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 87 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in inferioribus rarissimum. Exemplar unicum in insulé parva “ Ilheo de Fora’’ dicté deprehendi. Observed hitherto only in Madeira proper, where it would appear to be rare and to occur at a low elevation, Indeed the only (typical) 208 CLERID®. example which I have seen was captured by myself on the little rock known as the Ilheo de Fora, off the eastern extremity of the Ponta de Sao Lourengo, 591. Melyrosoma flavescens. Melyrosoma flavescens, Woll., Journ. of Ent.i. 449 (1862). , Id., Cat: Can. Col, 234 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Gom., Palma, Hierro), ab ord maritima usque ad, vel ultra, 3000’ s. m. ascendens. This very distinct little species has been detected hitherto only in the western islands of the Canarian archipelago, where it occurs from the sea-level to an altitude of more than 3000 feet. I have taken it in the Pinal of Palma, above the Banda; and several examples are now before me which were captured by the Messrs. Crotch ( on Euphorbia-blossoms, above and below Hermigua”) in Gomera, and Hierro. 7 592. Melyrosoma artemisie. Melyrosoma Artemisix, Woll., Ins. Mad. 254, tab. v. f. 2 (1854). , Id., Cat. Mad, Col. 88 (1857) Habitat Maderenses (Ilheo, Chéo, Des.), preesertim ad flores Arte- misie argentee, Hérit. Found in the northern and central Desertas, of the Madeiran Group, where it is very partial to the flowers of the Artemisia ar-_ gentea; but it has not yet been detected elsewhere. Although ex- ceedingly distinct from that species, it may be regarded as the representative at the Madeiras of the Canarian M. flavescens. Fam. 44, CLERIDZ. Genus 187. OPILUS. Latreille, Hist. Nat. des Ins, iii, 111 [script. Opilo} (1802). 593. Opilus mollis. Attelabus mollis, Linn., Fra Suec. 186 (1761). Opilo mollis, Lat., Hist. Nat. des Ins, ix. 149 (1804), Opilus mollis, Woll., Ins. Mad. 256 (1864). , Id., Cat. Mad, Col. 88 (1857). Habitat Maderenses {(Mad.), in subinferioribus circa domos raris- simus. The European 0, mollis occurs very sparingly about one or two CLERID#. 4209 . cultivated spots, and old houses (near Funchal), in Madeira proper ; but it has not been observed elsewhere in these Atlantic islands. Most probably it has become naturalized accidentally from more northern latitudes. Genus 188. CLERUS. Geoffroy, Hist. Abr. des Ins. 303 (1764). 594. Clerus Paive. Clerus Paive, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond.i, 163, pl. vii. f. 5 (1862). ——. Id., Cat. Can. Col. 234 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (in Palma solé haud observatus), in ramulis truncisque Euphorbiarum emortuis late sed parce diffusus. This most interesting little Clerus (which was dedicated to my worthy friend the Bardo do Castello de Paiva) is attached exclu- sively to the dead Euphorbias in the Canarian archipelago, where it is doubtless universal; for although it does not happen to have been observed in Palma we may be pretty certain that it must exist there, and in the other six islands it has been taken more or less abun- dantly. Its detection in Gomera is due to the recent investigations of the Messrs. Crotch. Genus 189. CORYNETES. Herbst, Kaf. iv. 148 [ script. Korynetes| (1791). 595. Corynetes ruficollis. Anobium ruficolle, Thunb., Nov. Ins, Spec. i. 8 (1781). Dermestes ruficollis, Fab., Ent. Syst. i. 230 (1792). Necrobia ruficollis, Woll., Ins. Mad. 258 (1854). , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 88 (1857). Corynetes ruficollis, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 285 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Zen.), in cultis et circa domos necnon in cadaveribus parce occurrens. This almost cosmopolitan insect has become established both at the Madeiras and Canaries,—where however it is extremely local, and (at any rate at the latter) rather scarce. It occurs about houses and cultivated grounds, as well as in dead animals, in Madeira proper; and I have also met with it near S* Cruz, in Teneriffe. 596. Corynetes rufipes. Anobium rufipes, Thunb., Nov. Ins. Spec. i. 10 (1781). Corynetes rufipes, Fab., Syst. Eleu. i, 286 (1801). 210 PTINIDA. Necrobia rufipes, Brullé, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 60 (1838). Corynetes rufipes, Woll. Cat. Can. Col, 235 (1864), Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert., Can., Ten., Gom.) in cadaveribus et circa domos hine inde vulgaris, The C. rufipes, which like the last species has become naturalized throughout the greater portion of the civilized world, is doubtless universal at the Canaries—in all the islands of which it has been observed except in Palma and Hierro, where however we may feel - quite sure that it exists. But although thus general at the Cana- ries, it is somewhat singular that it has not yet been detected in the . Madeiran group. 597, Corynetes fimetarius. Corynetes fimetarius, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. ix. 440 (1862). , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 236 (1864). ) Habitat Guisietinis (Lanz., Fuert.), in stercore arido bovino, equino, camelino hine inde vulgaris. Locally abundant in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, the two eastern islands of the Canarian Group, to which it seems to be peculiar. It is a truly indigenous insect, occurring in the dung of cattle at low and intermediate altitudes; and in its purely structural details it has more in common with the subgenus Opetiopalpus, of Spinola, than with Corynetes proper. Fam, 45, PTINIDA. Genus 190. CASOPUS. Wollaston, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. i. 194 [ script. Casapus]| (1862). 598, Casopus Bonvouloirii. Casapus Bonvouloirii, Woll., loc. cit. 196, pl. vill. f. 1 (1862). Casopus ——, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 237 (1864), Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), in sylvaticis editioribus rarissimus. This noble Canarian Casopus seems to be attached to the sylvan districts of Teneriffe at a high altitude, where it is both local and scarce. In the humid region around the Agua Mansa, however, I obtained it in tolerable abundance; and it was found sparingly by the Messrs. Crotch near Yeod el Alto, as well as in the Pinal above it. PTINIDA. 211 599. Casopus dilaticollis. — Casapus dilaticollis, Woll., loc. cit. 197 (1862). Casopus ——, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 237 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), in inferioribus et intermediis sat vul- * garis. Likewise Teneriffan, but more abundant and much more widely diffused than the last species. It occurs beneath stones and dry fallen leaves at low and intermediate elevations, ascending from the sea-level to an altitude of about 3000 feet. 600. Casopus alticola. Casapus alticola, Woll., loc. cit. 198, pl. viii. f, 2 (1862). Casopus —, Id., Cat. Can. Col, 238 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Jen.), in locis elevatis rarissimus. Usque ad 8000’ s. m. ascendit. Attached to the loftier altitudes of Teneriffe, where it would appear to be extremely rare. I have taken it above the Agua Mansa, and on the elevated Cumbre adjoining the Cafadas; and it has been found sparingly by the Messrs. Crotch in the Pinal above Yeod el Alto. It is very closely allied to the C. dilaticollis, of which indeed it may possibly be but a phasis peculiar to the higher regions; in which case the upward range of that species would, of course, be greatly increased. Nevertheless, as stated in my paper on the Canarian Ptinide, I am more inclined to believe that (however nearly resembling it) it is truly distinct from the dila- ticollis*, 601. Casopus pedatus. Casopus dilaticollis, var. y, Woll., Cat. Can. Col, 238 (1864). pedatus, Id., Append. huj. op. 32. Habitat Canarienses (Gom.), 4 DD. Crotch repertus. The representative in Gomera of the Teneriffan C. dilaticollis (or perhaps, rather, of the alticola), from which however it appears to be sufficiently distinct—as will be seen by a reference to my diag- nosis, given in the Appendix to this volume. It was first found by Dr. Crotch, during his sojourn in Gomera in the spring of 1862; in _* The C. alticola is rather larger than the dilaticollis, with its pubescence not a so long; its elytra are more deeply substriate-punctate, and have their ront transverse fascia developed (instead of being obsolete); and the first joint of the hinder feet of the male is perhaps somewhat more inflated. P2 212: PTINID. which same island it has lately been taken more abundantly by himself and his brother. 602. Casopus radiosus. Casapus radiosus, Woil., loc. cit, 199 (1862). Casopus radiosus, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 238 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can.), sub lapidibus in elevatis et intermediis rarior. The few examples which I have seen of this Casopus were taken by myself in Grand Canary—on the ascent to the Roca del Soucilho, above San Mateo. It will doubtless be found as abundantly as most of the other species, when the higher elevations of Grand Canary have been carefully explored. - 603. Casopus subcalvus. Casapus subcalvus, Woll., loc. cit. 200, pl. viii. f. 8 (1862). Casopus subcalvus, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 239 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Hierro), sub lapidibus in intermediis parce lectus. Peculiar apparently to Hierro, the most western island of the Canarian Group, where it occurs sparingly at intermediate altitudes. It was taken by Mr. Gray and myself, near Valverde, and subse- quently by the Messrs. Crotch; and an example is now before me which has been communicated by De Marseul from the collection of M. de la Perraudiére, and which was met with by the latter in the same island. Genus 191. DIGNOMUS. Wollaston, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. i. 201 (1862). 604. Dignomus gracilipes. Dignomus gracilipes, Woll., loc. cit. 202, pl. viii. f. 4 (1862). , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 239 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert.), in stercore. bovino, equino, came- lino in aridis inferioribus latens. One of the rarest of the Atlantic Ptinide, and confined apparently to Lanzarote and Fuerteventura (the two eastern islands of the Canarian Group)—where it secretes itself within the dried dung of cattle in arid sandy spots of a low elevation. This peculiarity of habit, however eccentric for a member of the present family, is nevertheless in accordance with what seems to be normal for at any rate one more Canarian Ptinid—namely, the Piarus basalis. PTINIDA. 213 Genus 192. PTINUS. Linneeus, Syst. Nat. ii. 565 (1767). 605. Ptinus testaceus. Ptinus testaceus, Oliv., Ent. ix. 8 (1790). —— advena, Woll., Ins. Mad. 261 (1854). —— testaceus, De Boield., Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, iv. 654 (1857). —— —, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 89 pes —— — , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 239 (1864). Habitat Maderenses ( Mad.) et Canarienses (Hierro), ex alienis intro- ductus; circa domos mercatorumque repositoria parce occurrens. The European P. testaceus occurs sparingly, about houses and stores, both at the Madeiras and Canaries, where it has doubtless become established accidentally through the medium of commerce. I have captured it in Madeira proper, of the former, and in Hierro, of the latter; but it is decidedly scarce. 606. Ptinus brunneus. Ptinus brunneus (Meg.), Dufts., Fna Austr. iii. 65 (1825). —— ——, De Boield., Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, iv. 649 (1857). — —_, Woll., Cat. Mad, Col. 89 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in locis similibus ac preecedens et certe introductus. Taken by myself in Madeira proper, the species being in precisely the same predicament as the last one—clearly introduced, and perhaps become naturalized, through human agencies. » 607. Ptinus variegatus. Ptinus variegatus, Rossi, Mant. Ins, 20 (1792). mauritanicus, Lucas, Col. de ? Algérie, 208 (1849). —— » Woll., Ins. Mad. 261 (1854). ——, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 90 (1857). Halitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub lapidibus in inferioribus, preecipue in cavernis tufse apertis, sese occultans. Not uncommon in the low, or but slightly elevated, districts of Madeira proper,—occurring for the most part beneath stones (par- ticularly in the open basaltic caves near the coast), though occasion- ally under the dried masses of Sempervivum which stud the perpen- dicular rocks; but it has not yet been observed in the Canarian Group. It is a species of Mediterranean latitudes, being found in the south of Europe and the north of Africa. 214 PTINIDE. Genus 193. MEZIUM. (Leach) Curt., Brit. Ent. v. 232 (1828). 608. Mezium sulcatum. Ptinus sulcatus, Fab., Spec. Ins. i. 73 (1781). Gibbium sulcicolle, Brullé, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 60 (1838). Mezium suleatum, Woll., Ins. Mad. 273 (1854). —, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 92 (1857). , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 240 (1864). Gibbium sulcicolle, Hart., Geolog. Verhdltn. Lanz. und Fuert, 140. Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (ins. omnes), sub lapidibus scorlisque presertim in cavernis tufee apertis vulgaris. This insect, which is rather sparingly distributed over central and southern Europe, abounds in these Atlantic islands—where it seems to be quite indigenous, and where I have little doubt that it will be found to be universal. And it is worth noting that the original examples from which Fabricius compiled his diagnosis of the species were Canarian ones. It is common at rather low elevations in Madeira proper, chiefly beneath stones and scoriz in dry spots (more particularly in small open caverns of the basaltic rocks, towards the coast), often in company with the Ptinus variegatus; whilst at the Canaries it is still more abundant, and has been found (in similar situations) in the whole seven islands of the Group. I met with it likewise at Mogadore, on the opposite coast of Africa. Genus 194. GIBBIUM. Scopoli, Int. ad Hist. Nat. 505 (1777). 609. Gibbium scotias. Ptinus scotias, Fab., Spec. Ins. i. 74 (1831). Gibbium scotias, Kugel., mm Schneid. Mag. iv. 502 (1794). , Woll., Ins. Mad. 274 (1854). —— ——,, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 92 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), rarissimum. Exemplar unicum, forsan ex alienis introductum, in domo quadam cepi. A single specimen of this common European insect, which I took many years ago in a house at Machico in Madeira proper, is the only one that I have yet seen from these Atlantic islands. Perhaps it was a mere accidental importation from more northern latitudes ; though it is very possible that the species may have become esta- blished, in some of the storehouses and towns, through the medium of commerce. PTINID®. 215 Genus 195. MICROPTINUS. Nitpus, Duval, Glan. Entom. 138 (1860). Although unwilling to press too far the Linnean rule against generic names “ simili sono exeuntia,” I nevertheless have no hesi- tation in acting upon it in this instance—seeing that the existence simultaneously of such titles as Nitpus and Niptus, a fact which is rendered even more objectionable still on account of their representing consecutive groups, cannot but prove a constant source of confusion and perplexity. It is for this reason alone that I would venture to alter it, by proposing instead the more euphonious one of Micro- ptinus; though, on other grounds as well, few probably would be found to regret its suppression—names like Nitpus, Niptus, and Tipnus being a positive outrage on the laws of orthography. 610. Microptinus gonospermi. Nitpus gonospermi, Duval, loc. cit. 188 (1860). — — , Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. i. 206 (1862). —— — , Id, Cat. Can. Col. 240 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom.), in inferioribus intermediisque hine inde vulgaris. Observed hitherto only in Teneriffe and Gomera, of the Canarian Group, where it is occasionally common at low and intermediate elevations. Its general aspect is quite that of a Sphewricus; never- theless its 9-jointed antennz.and the quadriarticulate hind feet of its male sex will at once separate it from the members of that genus. In Teneriffe I have taken it very abundantly off a large Tanacetum. Genus 196. SPHARICUS. Wollaston, Ins. Mad. 263 (1854). 611. Sphericus albopictus. Ptinus albopictus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 267, tab. v. f. 4 (1854). —— longicornis, Id., Ibid. 270 (1854). — albopictus, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 90 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (ins. omnes), vel inter lichenes in rupium fissuris vel intra caules Carduorum (presertim Silybi Mariani, Grtn.) hine inde yulgaris. Species statura atque etiam colore valde inconstans, The universal Sphericus of the Madeiran Group, in all the islands of which it is locally abundant,—occurring at most elevations, though particularly at rather low and intermediate ones. Like the gene- 216 PTINIDA. rality of the Spherici, it varies immensely in stature (according to the circumstances under which it is found)—the examples from the northern Deserta descending to a most diminutive size. It occurs in many different situations, but is extremely partial to the pithy stems of Thistles (especially the gigantic Stlybum Marianum, Grtn.,—the Holy Thistle of the ancients). However, it is often to be met with, in absolute profusion, harbouring amongst lichen within the crevices of the weather-beaten peaks; as well as amongst the dead leaves around the roots of Semperviva, the flat rosettes of which are fre- quently so conspicuous on the faces of the perpendicular rocks. 612. Sphericus simplex. Spheericus simplex, Woll., Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. i. 207, pl. viii. f. 6 (1862). oe , Id., Cat. Can. Col, 241 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Gom., Hierro), in locis similibus ac precedens. Although at first sight so closely resembling the albopictus of the Madeiran Group that it might well be mistaken for it, I nevertheless believe that the present Sphewricus must not be regarded as any local modification of that insect. And yet, on the other hand, its distine- tions are so little apparent until the specimens are examined with the greatest care, that it is difficult to feel altogether satisfied that such may not be the case. At any rate since I have already recorded the T. simplex as a separate species, and since one at least of its small diagnostic features is structural, I will not suppress it; though, in that case, it must certainly be looked upon as at all events the Cana- rian representative of its Madeiran ally. I have taken the S. stmplew in Hierro, and it was found by the Messrs. Crotch both in that island and Gomera *, 613. Sphericus pilula. Ptinus pilula, Woll., Ins. Mad. 266 (1854). , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 90 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), semel tantum repertus, * The S. simplex differs from the albopictus in its prothorax (when denuded of its scales) being a little less densely, and less regularly, scabrous (having more the appearance of being roughly punctured), as also somewhat more evidently margined along its basal edge; in its elytra being usually rather rounder, as well as more deeply and sparingly punctured ; and in the penultimate joint of its feet being rather less expanded, and almost simple—though this last character is not very evident until the two species are viewed, side by side, beneath the micro- scope, PTINIDA. 217 The only example of this Sphericus which I have yet seen was taken by myself many years ago in Madeira proper; and although the small characters alluded to in my diagnosis seem perhaps sufficient (if constant) to indicate it as a distinct species, nevertheless I cannot but feel that further material is greatly required in order to ascertain for certain that the S. pula is no depauperated modification of the (very variable) albopictus. 614, Sphericus ambiguus. Sphericus ambiguus, Woll., Append. huj. op. 33. Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), a Dom. Bewicke olim repertus. Found by the late Mr. Bewicke in Madeira proper; but I have no means now of ascertaining its precise locality. It is a good deal allied to the albopictus; nevertheless I believe that it possesses too many features of its own to admit of its being regarded as any largely developed, coarsely sculptured, thick-limbed state of that species. 615. Sphericus gibbicollis. Sphericus gibbicollis, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. i, 208 (1862). —, Id., Cat. Can. Col, 241 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert.), in intermediis rarissimus. Observed hitherto only in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, the two eastern islands of the Canarian Group, where it occurs sparingly at intermediate elevations. ' 616. Sphericus pinguis. Ptinus pinguis, Woll., Ins. Mad. 264 (1854), — — , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 90 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), rarissimus ; precipue in subinferioribus occurrens. Occurs sparingly in Madeira proper, principally at rather low ele- vations ; but it has not yet been detected elsewhere. 617. Sphericus impunctipennis, Spheericus impunctipennis, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 241 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Giom.), 4 W. D. Crotch, M.D., parce captus. Detected by Dr. Crotch (during the spring of 1862) in Gomera, 218 PTINIDE. of the Canarian Group, where it may be regarded as the representa- tive of the Madeiran S. pinguis*. 618. Sphericus orbatus. Ptinus orbatus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 264, tab. v. f. 6 (1854). —_ — , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 90 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in ligno antiquo semel lectus. Found in Madeira proper, and hitherto unique; but, apart from all other characters, the sculpture of its elytra is so peculiar (the punctures being enormous, and very remote, though not particularly deep) that it is impossible to confound it, even in the absence of further specimens to judge from, with any of the other Spherici here enumerated. 619. Sphericus nodulus. Ptinus nodulus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 265 (1854). —_— ——, Ia, Cat. Mad. Col. 90 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (P S?), inter lapillos et lichenes in rupium fis- suris saltem tempore hiemali latens. Found in Porto Santo of the Madeiran Group, where it occurs (along with the S. albopictus, though much more rarely) amongst lichen, and adhering to small stones, within the crevices of the ex- posed weather-beaten rocks, at intermediate and rather lofty eleva- tions. 620. Sphericus Dawsoni. Ptinus Dawsoni, Woll., Ins. Mad. 263, tab. v. f. 5 (1854). —., Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 90 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Des., Bugio), sub lapidibus necnon inter liche- nes in rupium fissuris nascentes rarissimus, A large and beautiful Sphericus which I have observed only on the two southern Desertas, in the Madeiran Group, where moreover it is of the greatest rarity. Like most of the species it may be found secreting itself beneath stones in high and exposed spots, or harbour- ing amongst lichen within the crevices of the weather-beaten rocks. * The impunctipennis, when denuded of its scales, will be seen to have its pro- thorax much more roughly scabrous than is the case with the pinguis, whilst its elytra (which are a little more oblong, or less globular, and not gute so opake) have indications of very minute and obsolete granules scattered over their surface (particularly behind), of which I cannot detect any traces in that insect. The Canarian species, also, is probably (on the average) a little larger; and its limbs are more elongate, the subapical joints of its antenne being conspicuously less abbreviated. PTINIDA. 219 621. Sphericus marmoratus. Sphericus marmoratus, Woll., Append. hu. op. 33. Habitat Canarienses (Gom., Hierro), 4 DD. Crotch nuper lectus. Taken by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera and Hierro, during their | late Canarian campaign. By a reference to my diagnosis given in the Appendix, it will be seen that the specimens from those two islands differ a little inter se, but that the differences are so very slight and unimportant that I do not believe they can be indicative of more than insular phases of the species. 622. Sphericus Crotchianus. Sphericus Crotchianus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 242 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Gom.), 4 DD. Crotch copiose repertus. Detected by Dr. Crotch at Hermigua, in Gomera, during his first Canarian campaign ; and since captured abundantly, by himself and his brother, in the same locality—chiefly “ amongst garden-refuse.” Genus 197. PTINODES (nov. gen.). (Ptinus, Sectio B., Ins. Mad. 271.) Corpus et instrumenta cibaria fere ut in Spheerico, sed antennee pedes- que fragiles, i/le ad basin distantes; tarsii breviores, filiformes, articulis 1°-4™ brevibus, inter se subzqualibus. Corpus nigres- cens, plus minus albido-squamosum ; el ytra magis quadrata (nec globosa)*. A Ptinus, et eidos, forma. 623. Ptinodes nigrescens. Ptinus nigrescens, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col, 91 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in subeditioribus rarissimus. The only specimens which I have seen of this insect were taken by myself (at rather a high elevation) at Feijaéa d’Ovelha, in the west of Madeira proper,—where, although exceedingly distinct from that species, it may perhaps be regarded as the representative of the Porto Santan P. fragilis. * Apart from their structural peculiarity, of basally-distant antennz and shorter, narrower, filiform feet (the four basal joints of which are much abbrevi- ated, and subequal), both of the Ptimodes enumerated above have a different general aspect from the Spherici—being blacker, though more or less covered (particularly on the head and prothorax) with snowy-white scales, with their elytra rather squarer (or less globose), and the limbs more fragile. 220 PTINIDE. 624. Ptinodes fragilis. Ptinus fragilis, Woll., Ins. Mad, 271 (1854). - —— —, Id., Cat, Mad, Col. 92 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (P# S%, Des., Bugio), inter lichenes in rupium fissuris crescentes latens. ta Likewise peculiar to the Madeiran Group, though hitherto it has not been detected in Madeira proper. But in Porto Santo and on the two southern Desertas (and we may expect it to occur on the northern Deserta likewise) I have taken it in tolerable abundance, from amongst the lichen which fills up the crevices of the exposed rocks, From the very fragile nature of its (slender and abbreviated) limbs, it requires considerable care to retain the specimens in a per- fect state—even when captured. Genus 198, PIARUS. Wollaston, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. i. 209 (1862). 625. Piarus basalis. Piarus basalis, Woll., loc. cit. 210, pl. viii. f. 7 (1862). , Id., Cat. Can, Col, 243 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert.), sub lapidibus in apricis et pree- cipue in stercore arido bovino, equino, camelino vulgaris. Abundant in certain districts (of low and intermediate elevations) in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, the two eastern islands of the Ca- narian archipelago; but it has not yet been detected elsewhere. Like the Dignomus gracilipes, it usually secretes itself within the dried dung of cattle in the most hot and dusty spots; nevertheless it occurs also beneath stones and scorie. Genus 199. PIOTES, Wollaston, Zrans. Ent, Soc. Lond, i. 211 (1862), 626. Piotes inconstans. Piotes inconstans, Woll., loc. cit..212, pl. viii. f. 8 (1862). , Id., Cat, Can. Col. 243 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can.), sub lapidibus in aridis apricis necnon sub cortice Huphorbiarum laxo minus frequens. A most variable insect, both in colour and pubescence, and which has been taken hitherto only in Grand Canary,—where it secretes ANOBIAD. 221 itself beneath stones, and in the dry loosened bark of Euphorbias, principally at low elevations. 627. Piotes vestita. Piotes vestita, Woll., loc, cit. 213, pl. 8. £. 9 (1862). , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 244 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Palma), sub lapidibus in intermediis rarissima. A large Canarian species which seems to be peculiar to the island of Palma, where it occurs (though very rarely) beneath stones at intermediate altitudes. Fam. 46. ANOBIADZ. Genus 200. STAGETUS. Wollaston, Ann. Nat. Hist. vii. 11 (1861). 628. Stagetus crenatus. Stagetus crenatus, Woll., loc. cit. 13 (1861). — — , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 245 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (TJ’en.), inter lichenes ad truncos arborum ve- tustos crescentes necnon in ligno antiquo in intermediis occur- rens. _ A Canarian insect which (if indeed it be positively distinct from ' what I have regarded as the “var. 3” of the following species) has been observed hitherto only in Teneriffe, where it is widely but spa- ringly distributed at intermediate elevations—harbouring amongst the lichen which grows on the trunks of old trees, as well as amongst dead wood and other dry vegetable refuse. 629. Stagetus hirtulus. Stagetus hirtulus, Woll., loc. cit. 12 (1861). —,, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 245 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Gom., Hierro), in locis similibus ac preecedens. Specimina quedam minora (=var. 3. intermedia) in Gomera capta minus typica sunt et forsan ad speciem preecedentem me- lius pertinent. Differunt precipue statura minore, elytrorum striis profundioribus ac sensim subcrenatis ; sed in pube longiore suberecta S. hirtulo congruunt. Found in Gomera and Hierro, where it represents the S. crenatus of Teneriffe. Although in its normal state very different from that species, nevertheless (as stated in my Canarian Catalogue) I cannot 222 ANOBIADA. feel entirely satisfied that it is more than a modification of the crenatus ; particularly so, since some of the smaller examples have their elytral strie appreciably deeper and subcrenate, and appear, thus far at all events, to be intermediate between the two. The distinctions however of these small and densely clothed Coleoptera are often so difficult to catch, that it is far from improbable that other characters which I have overlooked may eventually raise my “var. 3. intermedia” into a separate species; and therefore I would not hastily employ it to throw doubt upon the specific validity of two other forms which are not only well defined in their external details, but likewise topographically*. Genus 201. XYLETINUS. Latreille, 2égne Anim. (ed, 2) iv. 483 (1829). In my Canarian Catalogue I distributed the Xyletini under two Sections—characterized by the size of their eyes, and the form (simple or excavated) of the last joint of their maxillary palpi. Although these divisions may very likely be exceedingly useful ones in a general classification, the inspection of further Canarian mate- rial has convinced me that at any rate in those islands they are much less pronounced (and therefore less available) than I had imagined ; for I believe that both the eye and the emargination of the joint referred to are more or less expressed according to the sex. Thus, for instance, whilst the X. latitans has undoubtedly larger * When denuded of their pubescence, the sculpture of the S. crenatus and hirtulus (as typically defined) is quite dissimilar; for not only are the minute punctules with which the surfaces of both of them are densely crowded percep- tibly coarser in the former, but there is also no appearance in that species of the additional (though likewise minute and very shallow) punctures which are more or less evident on the elytra of the hirtulus when viewed beneath the microscope. Then, in the erenatus the additional punctures of the prothorax are not only coarser but extend (although shallower in that part) even over the posterior region ; whereas in the Airtudus they are quite obsolete on the hinder disk. And, lastly, as stated in my diagnosis, the crenatus (which is, on the average, a smaller insect) has its pubescence shorter and more depresssed, and its striz deep and conspicuously crenated (instead of being fine, lightly impressed, and almost simple). Still, as mentioned above, the smaller examples of the hirtulus (at any rate in Gomera, if not also in Hierro) have their striz: deeper and appreciably crenated, and their entire sculpture rather more in accordance with that of the Teneriffan crenatus ; so that it is possible, after all, that the crenatus and hirtulus may be but extreme phases of a single species. Nevertheless I think it is far more likely that I have overlooked some additional character which would tend to raise my ‘‘var. 8. intermedia” to the rank of a separate (Gomeran) species. However as I have failed to draw a satisfactory line of demarcation between this smaller form and the hér¢ulus proper, I think it safer to record it as a variety, and to leave it to future inquiry as to whether (or not) any other distinctive features have escaped me. ANOBIAD&. 223 eyes than any of the other species, it is nevertheless only in the male that they are perfectly enormous. And the same applies, in a great measure, to the maxillary palpus; for although the females have the ultimate articulation almost simply securiform, I now per- ceive that in the opposite sex it is slightly scooped out, though less so than is the case in the species afterwards enumerated. It is probable therefore that all the Xyletini hitherto detected in the - Atlantic islands, except perhaps the flavicollis, would fall under Duval’s genus Metholcus; but inasmuch as I have just shown that the main feature on which his group was made to rest (namely, the excavation of the extreme apex of the maxillary palpi) is not only a variable one (according to the species and sex), but that it is sometimes so feebly pronounced as to be barely traceable, I believe that Metholceus cannot stand as a distinct genus, though its charac- ters, as secondary ones, may properly be made use of for sectional purposes. § I. Palpi mazillares articulo ultimo leviter securiformi, integro. . 630. Xyletinus flavicollis. Xyletinus flavicollis, Woll., Append. huj. op. 34. Habitat Canarienses (Gom.), in caulibus Huphorbie canariensis a DD. Crotch nuper deprehensus. A remarkable little Xyletinus which was detected by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera, during their late Canarian campaign. Having been found only within the rotten stalks of the Huphorbia canariensis, it is in all probability attached exclusively to that plant. § IL. Palpi mazillares articulo ultimo valde securiformi, sed ad apicem internum plus minus oblique-excavato. [Genus Metholcus, Duval. } 631. Xyletinus latitans. Xyletinus latitans, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. vii. 14 (1861). — —, ld., Cat. Can. Col. 246 (1864). — Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert., Ten., Gom., Hierro), sub cortice Euphorbiarwm arido laxo precipue latitans. Attached to the Euphorbias of the Canarian archipelago, where indeed we may be pretty sure that it is universal. In fact it has already been detected in every island of the Group except Grand Canary and Palma, in both of which however it must doubtless 224, ANOBIAD. exist. Its discovery in Gomera is due to the late researches of the Messrs. Crotch, who captured it abundantly by sweeping the flowers of the Euphorbias near Hermigua. or, Oh 632. Xyletinus desectus. Xyletinus desectus, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. vii. 13 (1861). ——, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 246 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can., Ten., Gom.), minus frequens. Likewise Canarian, but whether of Euphorbia-infesting habits I am scarcely able to say, though I have little doubt that such will be found to be the case. I have taken it in the region of El Monte in Grand Canary, and also at Souzal in Teneriffe—from which latter island a single specimen is now before me which was captured (I believe near the Puerto Orotava) by the Messrs. Crotch, who more- over obtained another in Gomera. It is evidently very much scarcer than the latitans, to which however it is closely allied*. 633. Xyletinus brevis. Xyletinus brevis, Woil., Ann. Nat, Hist. vii. 15 (1861). ——, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 247 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Palma), rarissimus. The only two examples yet detected of this Xyletinus I captured in the Barranco above 8“ Cruz, in Palma, of the Canarian Group. 634. Xyletinus excavatus. Xyletinus excavatus, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. vii. 15 (1861). , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 247 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Oan.), semel tantum deprehensus. - Hitherto unique, a single specimen having been taken by myself (during April 1858) in the south of Grand Canary. Genus 202. NOTIOMIMUS. Wollaston, Ann. Nat. Hist. vii. 15 (1861). * The X. desectus differs from the latitans in being usually a little smaller and darker, with its pubescence somewhat shorter and not quite so coarse ; in its elytra being a trifle more convex (or drawn-in) posteriorly, more distinctly (though very delicately) punctulated, and apparently free from the minute and distant granules which are scattered over the anterior portion in that species; in its tibia being appreciably slenderer; and in the basal joint of its antenna being rather less swollen, and not exactly of the same shape. ANOBIADZ. 225 635. Notiomimus fimicola. Notiomimus fimicola, Woll., loc. cit. 17 (1861). —— —, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 247 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert,), in stercore arido bovino, equino, camelino latens. Apparently peculiar to Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, the two eastern islands of the Canarian Group,—where it resides (exclusively, so far as I have yet observed) within the dried dung of oxen, horses, and camels, especially in the most arid and dusty spots. 636. Notiomimus holosericeus. Notiomimus holosericeus, Woll., loc. cit. 17 (1861). ——, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 248 (1864). . Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Palma), rarissimus. LikewiseCanarian, and apparently exceedingly scarce—the only two examples of it which I have seen having been captured, one of them by Mr. Gray in Palma, and the other by Dr. Crotch in Teneriffe. 637. Notiomimus punctulatissimus. Notiomimus punctulatissimus, Woll., loc. cit. 17 (1861). _—— — , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 248 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can.), semel tantum deprehensus. _ Hitherto unique—a single example having been taken by myself, during April 1858, in the south of Grand Canary. Genus 203. ANOBIUM. Fabricius, Syst. Ent. 62 (1775). 638. Anobium villosum. Anobium villosum, Brullé [nec Bon., ined., nec Dej. Cat.|*, in Webb et Berth. oe) 60 (1838). oll., Ann. Nat. Hist. vii. 18 (1861). —— — , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 249 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Yen., Gom., Hierro), in ligno antiquo presertim Fict necnon circa domos et in cultis late diffusum. * ee * The last Berlin Catalogue cites the A. villoswm of Brullé as identical with Illiger’s hirtwm, from southern Europe; but, judging from an example of the latter now before me, I can hardly regard it as conspecific with the Canarian insect, although undoubtedly much resembling it; for it is not only smaller and with longer pubescence, but its prothorax is differently shaped and exceedingly gibbous on the hinder disk (where there is only a slight glabrous line or keel in Q 226 ANOBIADA. A Canarian Anobium which is probably universal throughout the archipelago, though as yet it has been observed only in Teneriffe, Gomera, and Hierro. It occurs principally about houses and culti- yated grounds at low and intermediate altitudes, but is in reality attached to the old wood of various trees, particularly of the Fig. The Messrs. Crotch however met with it likewise in willows, and even in Euphorbias. The examination of further material, collected by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera and Hierro, inclines me to believe that the speci- men from the former of those islands which I regarded in my Cana- rian Catalogue as conspecific with the velatum is better referred to the villosum; in which case it would follow that the velatum has, at the Canaries, been met with hitherto only in Lanzarote. The two insects however are so nearly allied to each other that I do not feel perfectly satisfied that they may not, after all, be but modifi- cations of a single species. 639. Anobium velatum. Anobium velatum, Woll., Ins. Mad. 276, tab. v. f. 3 (1854). —— ——,, Id., Cat, Mad. Col. 92 (1857). —— — , Id., Ann. Nat. Hist. vii. 18 (1861). —— ——,, I., Cat. Can. Col. 249 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad., Bugio) et Canarienses (Lanz.), in locis similibus ac preecedens, As already implied, this species is very closely related to the pre- ceding one—and, apparently, with much the same habits. It has been captured in Madeira proper, and even on the southern Deserta (or Bugio); and we may expect it to occur in Porto Santo likewise. Indeed I believe that it attaches itself to (amongst other trees) the old vines; and if so, this may account for its presence on the Bugio —on one of the lower slopes of which I saw evident traces of former cultivation. The only Canarian example of it which has yet come beneath my notice I found (dead) in a house at Haria, in the north of Lanzarote. Its pubescence is not quite so much developed as is the villoswm). 'The mistake doubtless arose from M. Brullé having erroneously referred the Canarian species to the wlloswm of Dejean’s Catalogue, which is properly the hirtwm of Illiger. If my “type” from the south of France be truly typical, I believe that the A. hirtwm, Illig. (=villosum, Bonelli, ined., and of Dej. Cat.) is distinct both from the villoswm of M. Brullé’s inaccurate Canarian list, and the velatum. The Canarian insect however ought scarcely perhaps to be quoted as the vil/osum of Brullé; for the few words in which the latter alludes to it are absolutely no kind of “description ” at all; perhaps indeed they did not even profess to be so. ANOBIAD. 227 the case in the Madeiran type; but it is much longer than on the villosum; added to which, its general aspect and the shape of its prothorax are more in accordance with the velatum than with the vilosum. Whether (as above stated) the A. velatum be more in reality than a geographical modification of the villosum, I cannot undertake to decide. It seems to differ from the latter, mainly, in its much longer and more erect pubescence, in its prothorax being a little straighter at the sides and somewhat less rounded off behind, and in its elytra being just perceptibly less parallel. 640. Anobium paniceum. Dermestes paniceus, Linn., Fna Suec. 431 (1761). Anobium paniceum, Woll., Ins. Mad. 277 (1854). — — , ld., Cat. Mad. Col. 93 (1857). — — , Id., Cat. Can, Col. 250 C864) Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), et Canarienses (Lanz., Can., Ten., Gom.), in domibus mercatorumque repositoriis, passim. The A. paniceum, so liable to diffusion though human agencies over the civilized world, occurs sparingly (in, and about, houses and stores) in Madeira proper; and it has likewise been captured in Lanzarote, Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and Gomera, of the Canarian Group. It will doubtless be found in all the islands which are in- habited. — 641. Anobium striatum. Anobium striatim, Oliv., Ent. ii. 16.9 (1790). — —,, Woll., Ins. Mad. 278 (1854). —— —,, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 92 (1857), —— — , ld., Cat. Can. Col. 250 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad., Des.) et Canarienses (T'en., Gom., Palma), late sed parce diffusum. This common European insect is widely scattered over these At- lantic islands, where very likely it has become established from higher latitudes, and where in all probability it is nearly universal. It has been taken in Madeira proper and the Deserta Grande, of the Madeiran Group, and in Teneriffe, Gomera, and Palma, of the Canaries. I have never met with it abundantly, and have captured it for the most part in and about houses and cultivated grounds ; but a note from Mr. G. R. Crotch, received during his sojourn in Gomera, states that it ‘‘ mines in profusion the fig- and mulberry-trees” in that island. Q 2 228 ANOBIADA. 642. Anobium cryptophagoides. . Anobium cryptophagoides, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 250 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Hierro), rarissime ; semel repertum. Hitherto unique, a single example having been captured by myself at a low elevation on the western side of Hierro in the Canarian Group. j 643. Anobium impressum. Anobium impressum, Woll., Append. hu. op. 35. Habitat Canarienses (Hierro), 4 DD. Crotch semel tantum lectum. Likewise unique, and confined apparently to Hierro, the single specimen from which my diagnosis has been compiled having been taken by the Messrs, Crotch during their late Canarian expedition. 644. Anobium molle. Dermestes mollis, Zinn., Fna Suec. 415 (1761). Anobium molle, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 93 (1857). ——, Id., Cat. Can, Col. 250 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Palma), Pinos antiquas parcissime destruens. The European A. molle occurs sparingly on pine-trees, above Funchal, in Madeira proper; and I also obtained a single example of it (dead) within the dried cone of a Pinus canariensis in the island of Palma,—the only Canarian example which I have yet seen. 645. Anobium lyctoides. Anobium lyctoides, Woll., Append. huj. op. 35. Habitat Canarienses (Gom.), rarissimum. - Exemplar unicum cepe- runt, DD. Crotch. The single example of this Anobiwm from which my diagnosis has been compiled was captured by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera, during their expedition to the Canaries in the summer of 1864. 646. Anobium oculatum. Anobium oculatum, Woll., Append. huj. op. 36. Habitat Canarienses (Giom.), 4 DD. Crotch parcissime deprehensum. Detected by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera, during their late sojourn at the Canaries. It was captured very sparingly, and, I believe, out of a dead Huphorbia. ANOBIADA, 229 647. Anobium ptilinoides, Anobium Ptilinoides, Woll., Ins. Mad. 278 (1854). —— —, I., Cat. Mad. Col. 93 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), rarissimum ; in domo quadam antiqua supra Funchal a Dom. Leacock frequenter captum. Found in Madeira proper, but extremely rare. Indeed the only spot in which it has hitherto been observed is an old house (the Quinta dos Padres) about two miles from Funchal, in the parish of S. Antonio—where it was detected originally by Mr. Leacock, and where occasional specimens have been captured by him subsequently, Genus 204. PTILINUS. Geoffroy, Hist, Abr. des Ins. i. 65 (1764). 648. Ptilinus pectinicornis. Dermestes pectinicornis, Linn., Fna Suec. 141 (1761). Ptilinus pectinicornis, Dujts., Fna Austr. iii. 43 (1825). —— —_, Steph., Ill. Brit. Ent. iii. 331 (1830). —, Redt., Fna Austr. 353 (1849). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in domibus circa urbem Funchalensem parce occurrens ; forsan ex Europ4 introductus. A few specimens of this common European Ptilinus were taken © by the late Mr. Bewicke and myself, in his house the Quinta da Palmeira, aboye Funchal, in Madeira proper. There can be little | doubt that the species has been introduced accidentally from more northern latitudes, 649. Ptilinus cylindripennis. Ptilinus cylindripennis, Woil., Ins. Mad, 285 (1854). ——, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 94 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in cultis et circa domos lignum antiquum perforans, Precipue in inferioribus sed interdum in locis pa- rum elevatis occurrit. Taken in Madeira proper at low and intermediate elevations (especially the former), where it occurs principally about vineyards and cultivated grounds, boring into old wood generally. In fact it is strietly the representative in the Madeiran Group of the Canarian P. lepidus, though at the same time most distinct from that insect specifically. The males of both of these Atlantic Ptilini are scarcely distin- guishable from those of the common European P. pectinicorns ; and 230 . ANOBIAD#. it is to the female sex, therefore, that we must look for the true characters of the species. But even the males of the cylindripennis are usually a trifle broader than those of their more northern ally, and have their elytra rather more decidedly granulated (or still freer from shallow, somewhat longitudinally disposed, subasperated punc- tures). The females however may readily be known from those of the pectinicornis by being paler or more rufescent, whilst their an-) tenne are a little darker and have the serrated joints less produced internally ; their prothorax also is a little more rounded at the sides ; and their elytra are less coarsely alutaceous, and almost free from the rather large though very shallow and irregular punctures which are tolerably evident in that species—being merely roughened with comparatively small transyersely-subconfluent granules, which tend to merge behind into obscure subasperated punctures. 650. Ptilinus lepidus. Ptilinus lepidus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 251 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom., Palma), in intermediis lignum antiquum perforans. A Canarian Ptilinus which I have captured at rather low and intermediate elevations in Teneriffe and Palma, where it burrows into old wood—principally about houses and in cultivated grounds. A single (dead, and greatly mutilated) example is now before me which was, taken by the Messrs. Crotch, “ out of its burrows,” in Gomera. Its elytra are rather rougher, and more strongly punctured, than is the case in the Teneriffan and Palman specimens; but I have little doubt that it represents a mere local, or perhaps insular, state of the lepidus—though further material would be desirable, in order to ascertain this for certain. MLE: The females of the P. lepidus have their entire surface more shining than is the case in the corresponding sex of the Madeiran cylindripennis, as also rather more rufo-ferruginous and quite glabrous (instead of being densely, though delicately, pubescent); their pro- thorax is finely punctulated behind (instead of being granulose) ; and their elytra likewise are regularly, though very minutely, pune- tulated (instead of being coarsely alutaceous, and roughened with obscure, somewhat transversely-confluent granules, or shallow sub- asperated punctures), and are apparently without even the faintest tendency to be longitudinally subcostate. ‘The two species, however, are clearly the represeniatwes of each other in their respective Groups. BOSTRICHIDA. 231 Fam, 47. BOSTRICHIDZ. Genus 205. XYLOPERTHA. Guérin, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, Bull. 17 (1845). a 651. Xylopertha ficicola. Xylopertha ficicola, Woll., Append. huj. op. 36. Habitat Canarienses (Gom.), in ligno Fict antiquo 4 DD. Crotch capta. A large Canarian Xylopertha which was found by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera, where they bred a considerable number of it from the rotten wood of an old fig-tree. In colour, clothing, and sculpture it is very closely allied to the X. humeralis, Lucas (= Chevrierit, Villa), of Mediterranean latitudes, though I think it is scarcely possible to regard it as a geographical modification of that insect *. 652, Xylopertha barbifrons. Xylopertha barbifrons, Woll., Cat. Can. Col, 252 (1864). — ——, Id., Append. hy. op. 37. Habitat Canarienses (Palma), in intermediis semel tantum reperta. The only example which I have seen of this distinct Canarian Xylopertha was captured by myself in Palma—on the mountains between Galga and the sea, in the east of that island. 653. Xylopertha barbata. Enneadesmus barbatus, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 359 (1860). Xylopertha barbata, Id., Append. huj. op. 38. Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in inferioribus haud procul ab urbe Funchalensi 4 DD. E. Leacock et Bewicke deprehensa. Observed hitherto only in Madeira proper, where it was first detected by Mr. E. Leacock in his garden at the Quinta de Sao Joao, near Funchal; and where it has subsequently, on several occasions, been captured (at a low altitude) by the late Mr. Bewicke—prin- cipally amongst rotten wood in an old out-house at the Praia For- mosa, but in one instance in his grounds at the Palmeira. * The x. ficicola differs from the Awmeralis, chiefly, in being considerably larger, and in having the various characters which distinguish the retuse portion of its elytra very much more expressed (or exaggerated). Jan BOSTRICHIDA. Genus 206. DINODERUS. Stephens, Man. Brit, Col. 203 (1839), 654. Dinoderus brunneus. Dinoderus brunneus, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. ix. 440 (1862). —— — , Ia, Cat. Can. Col. 258 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Palma), truncos Pini canariensis emor- tuos in pinetis editioribus destruens. The Canarian representative of the D. substriatus of more northern latitudes, being attached to the rotten wood of the Pinus canariensis at intermediate and rather lofty elevations. Hitherto it has been found only in Teneriffe and Palma; but we may expect it to occur wherever the ancient Pinals still remain. Genus 207. RHIZOPERTHA. Stephens, JW. Brit. Ent. iii. 354 (1830). 655. Rhizopertha bifoveolata. Rhyzopertha bifoveolata, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. ii, 409 (1858). Rhizopertha, Id., Append. huj. op. 39. Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), certe introducta; in urbe ipsé Fun- chalensi inter farinam Americanam (?) 4 Dom. M. Park reperta. Perhaps this insect should scarcely be admitted into our Atlantic Catalogue—the only specimens hitherto detected having been found by Mr. M. Park in a cask of (American?) flour at the Funchal custom-house, in Madeira proper. But as it was taken abundantly, and since it is through the agency of commerce that numerous insects become established in the islands (in like manner as they do throughout the civilized world), possibly it should not be altogether omitted—even though an evident importation. It was in company with the Adelina farinaria—an insect equally forecgn in its affinities, and which has more of an American aspect about it than either a European or an Atlantic one. 656. Rhizopertha pusilla. Synodendron pusillum, Fab., Ent. Syst. v. (Suppl.) 156 (1798). Rhyzopertha pusilla, Steph., Ill. Brit. Ent. iii. 354 (1830). » Woll., Ins. Mad. 287 (1854). — ——, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 95 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in locis similibus ac precedens et certe introducta, sed in repositoriis Funchalensibus haud infrequens ; in insulam farinariis radicibusque ex alienis invecta. LYCTID. 233 Found likewise in Madeira proper, and as certainly an importation into the island as the last species. Nevertheless whilst the bifo- veolata has been met with hitherto only on one occasion, the pusilla has fairly established itself in the houses and stores of Funchal. As is usually the case in other countries, it seems attached princi- pally to dried vegetable substances and preparations—such as pow- dered arrowroot and various kinds of seeds and roots. Fam. 48. LYCTIDA. Genus 208. LYCTUS. ’ Fabricius, Ent, Syst. i. ii. 502 (1792). 657. Lyctus brunneus. Xylotrogus brunneus, Steph., Ill. Brit. Ent. iii. 116 (1830). Lyctus colydioides ?, Dej., Cat. (edit. 3) 338 (1837), —— Glycyrrhizee, Chev., in Dej. Cat. 338 (1837). —— brunneus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 152, tab. iv. f. 3 (1854). — — , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 50 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Giom.), rarissimus. An insect which is found sparingly in Europe and northern Africa, and which is decidedly rare in these islands, It has been taken in Madeira proper, principally about houses; where we might well suppose it to have been accidentally introduced, did it not sometimes occur in spots altogether removed from the cultivated districts. And a single example is now before me which was captured by the Messrs. Crotch (in a house at Hermigua) in Gomera, during their late Canarian campaign. 658. Lyctus Leacocianus. Lyctus Leacocianus, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 256 (1860). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), rarissimus; 4 Dom. E. Leacock semel captus. The only specimen which I have seen of this very distinct Lyctus was taken by Mr. E. Leacock near Funchal, in Madeira proper. Apart from minor characteristics, it may be known from the brun- meus by its black hue and rather shorter and much squarer pro- ‘thorax (the anterior angles of which are completely rounded off, instead of being produced), by its somewhat coarser elytral sculpture (the punctules being oblong and with a tendency, tolerably con- 234 CIOIDA. spicuous towards either side, to be disposed in double rows, whilst the interstices are very obsoletely raised), and by its antenne being appreciably thicker or more robust. Fam. 49. CIOIDA:. Genus 209. CIS. Latreille, Précis des Caract. gén. des Ins. 50 (1796). 659. Cis Wollastonii. Cis Wollastonii, Mellié, in Guér. Rev. i. 586 (1849). ——, Woll., Ins. Mad. 280, tab. v. f. 8 (1854). a, , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 94 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub cortice laxo in lauretis humidis editioribus latens. A large and beautiful (though somewhat variable) Cis, which seems to be peculiar to the damp sylvan regions of Madeira proper, where it occurs sparingly beneath the bark of trees (especially the native laurels) at intermediate and lofty elevations. 660. Cis cucullatus. Cis cucullatus, Woll., Append. huj. op. 39. Habitat Canarienses (Giom.), 4 DD. Crotch parce deprehensus. Three specimens of this very distinct Cis were taken by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera, during their late expedition to the Cana- ries; but they are all that I have yet seen. | 661. Cis fuscipes. Cis fuscipes (Chev.), Mellié, Ann. dela Soc. Ent. de Fr. vi. 271 (1848). , Woll., Ins. Mad. 281 (1854). ’ Id, Cat. Mad. Col, 94 (1857). Habitat Meira (Mad.), preecipue inter lichenes et fungos in locis subinferioribus parce occurrens. Occurs (for the most part at rather low elevations) around Fun- chal in Madeira proper—principally amongst lichen and _ small fungi on the trunks of trees, in cultivated spots. As it is stated by Mellié to be an American species, I think it far from unlikely that it may have originally been imported into the island by accident ; though, if this be indeed the case, it has at any rate completely established itself. CIOIDE. 235 662. Cis puncticollis. Cis pansies Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. y. 360 (1860). — — ,, Id., Append. hnyj. op. 40. Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses Sesiny ), vel in castanetis vel in pinetis parcissime degens. First detected by the late Mr. Bewicke in Madeira proper, beneath the bark of Spanish chestnut-trees at “the Mount” above Funchal. And three examples are now before me which were taken by the Messrs. Crotch, during their late Canarian campaign, in the Pinal above Yeod el Alto in Teneriffe. It would therefore seem to be attached equally to various kinds of trees. Some of the Madeiran specimens are a trifle larger and browner than the remainder ; but, after a very careful examination of them, I can detect nothing whatever about them to warrant the suspicion that they are speci- - fically distinct. 663. Cis lauri. Cis Lauri, Woll., Ins. Mad. 282, tab. v. £. 7 (1854). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Ten., Gom.), in lauretis editioribus hine inde yulgatissimus. A most variable little species (both in size and in the development of its thoracic segments), which abounds in the sylvan districts of Madeira proper, occurring principally beneath the moist bark and within the rotten wood of the old laurels (which are often devoured by it). And it occurs in similar situations at the Canaries, though not quite so universally. I have taken it in the woods at Las Mercedes and the Agua Garcia, in Teneriffe; and it was found by the Messrs. Crotch at Ycod el Alto, as well as (above Hermigua) in Gomera. Genus 210. OCTOTEMNUS. Mellié, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, vi. 384 (1848). 664. Octotemnus opacus. Octotemnus opacus, Mellié, loc. cit. 386 (1848). — » Woll., Ins. Mad. 283 (1854). — —, Id., Cat, Mad. Col. 94 (1857). —— — , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 254 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Yen., Gom., Palma), in lauretis humidis editioribus hine inde vulgaris, Found under much the same circumstances as the Cts lauri, and 236 TOMICID. indeed often in company with it. It abounds in the damp laurel- woods of Madeira proper, at intermediate and lofty altitudes ; and I have taken it in similar situations in Teneriffe and Palma, of the Canarian Group, where however it is comparatively scarce. It was also found by the Messrs. Crotch, during the summer of 1864, in Gomera, : Fam. 50. TOMICIDA. Genus 211. TOMICUS. Latreille, Hist, Nat. des Ins. iii. 203 (1802). 665. Tomicus nobilis. Tomicus nobilis, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. ix. 441 (1862). ——, Id., Cat, Can, Col. 254 (1864), Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Palma, Hierro), lignum antiquum in pinetis editioribus destruens. Apparently peculiar to the Pinals of the Canarian Group, where it perforates the old trunks of the Pinus canariensis. I have taken it in Teneriffe and Palma; and it was captured by the Messrs. Crotch in the remote, but elevated, Pinal in the south of Hierro. 666. Tomicus erosus. Tomicus erosus, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col, 95 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub cortice in castanetis precipue degens. Closely allied to the Canarian 7’. nobilis, of which indeed it may be regarded as the Madeiran representative. Hitherto it has been found only in Madeira proper, where it occurs sparingly beneath the bark of trees (principally, I believe, of the Spanish chestnut) on the mountains above Funchal*, 667. Tomicus villosus. Bostrichus villosus, Fab., Ent. Syst. i. ii. 367 (1792). Tomicus villosus, Steph., IU. Brit. Ent. iii, 856 (1830). * It is very possible that I may have overlooked characters which would addi- tionally tend to separate the two species; but it seems to me that the 7. erosus differs from the Canarian T. nobilis, merely, in its uniformly smaller size and narrower outline, in the punctures on the hinder region of its prothorax and elytral interstices being a little smaller, and in the asperities which fringe the obliquely truncated portion of its elytra being altogether less developed. Yet although so nearly allied, I am quite satisfied that they are truly and specifically distinct. TOMICIDA. | 237 Tomicus villosus, Woll., Ins. Mad.290 (1854). — —,, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 96 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub cortice laxo emortuo presertim in castanetis parce occurrens. The European 7. villosus occurs sparingly in Madeira proper, principally beneath the bark of Spanish chestnut-trees within the cultivated districts. Possibly it may have been naturalized, acci- dentally, from higher latitudes. | 668. Tomicus Saxeseni. Bostrichus Saxesenii, Ratz., die Forst-Insect. i. 167 (1837). Tomicus Dohrnii, Woll., Ins. Mad. 290 (1854). — ——, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 96 (1857). —— Saxesenii, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 255 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Zen., Gom., Palma), vel in lauretis vel in pinetis degens. Likewise a European insect, and one which is very widely spread over these Atlantic islands—where it has adapted itself to various kinds of trees. Of the Madeiran Group I have observed it only in Madeira proper, where however it abounds at lofty elevations within the sylvan districts—attacking, almost exclusively, the native laurels. At the Canaries, on the other hand, it is comparatively scarce, and seems to prefer pine trees. At any rate the few exam- ples which I have myself met with were taken from under the bark of the Pinus canariensis in Teneriffe and Palma—in the former of _ which islands it was also found by the Messrs. Crotch, in the Pinal above Ycod el Alto. I have likewise examined a series which was obtained by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera—according to a note now before me, “ out of poles,” though whether the poles were of fir or laurel I am unable to say. 669. Tomicus perforans. Bostrichus ferrugineus?, Fab., Syst. Eleu. ii. 388 (1801). Tomicus perforans, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 96 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), obturamenta doliorum in cellis vinariis Funchalensibus destruens; forsan ex alienis introductus. Although, from information which I have received, there can be little doubt that this Zomicus is occasionally very destructive in the wine-cellars of Madeira proper (where it feeds on the corks used as bungs for the casks), nevertheless it is somewhat remarkable that I have been unable to obtain hitherto more than a single example of 238 | TOMICID A. it. And although it has so many characters in common with the 7. Saxesent that at first sight it might almost be regarded as a pale variety of that species, I nevertheless am quite satisfied that it is totally distinct; and I believe moreover that it is not even a Huro- pean insect, but one which has been established accidently in the stores of Funchal (perhaps from South America) through the medium of commerce. Indeed if a Brazilian type which is now in my pos- session can be relied upon, and which was given me (with a very old label appended to it) by the late Mr. Melly of Liverpool, there can be no doubt that the Madeiran Tomicus is the Bostrichus ferrugineus of Fabricius; nevertheless as I can scarcely act on this conclusion without further evidence (the Fabrician diagnosis being, of course, utterly worthless), I will not suppress the name of perforans until it has been settled positively that Mr. Melly’s specimen is rightly identified*. The 7. perforans is not only much paler, but also a trifle larger, broader and less pubescent than the Sawxeseni ; its prothorax is longer and more developed, and very much more polished behind—where there is no trace of the alutaceous sculpture which is always so con- spicuous under a high magnifying-power in that insect, and where likewise the punctules are still more remote ; and its elytra have the asperities towards their apex (which is itself less bent downwards at the extreme point) larger and fewer in number, and the punctures of their interstices more distant. Genus 212. XYLOTERUS. Erichson, in Wiegm. Archiv, ii. 60 (1836). 670. Xyloterus longicollis. Xyloterus longicollis, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 256 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Fuert.), rarissimus ; semel tantum captus. The only specimen of this insect which I have seen was captured by myself in Fuerteventura, of the Canarian Group, beneath the refuse of a camels’ stable in the Rio Palmas. It is probable however that its presence in that particular situation was merely accidental. Genus 213. CRYPHALUS, Erichson, ix Weigm. Archiv, ii. 61 (1836). * If this should prove to be the case (as I cannot but think extremely pro- bable), may not Fabricius’s ‘‘ Varietas nigra, vix distincta ” refer to the European T. Saxeseni? TOMICIDZ. 239 671. Cryphalus aspericollis. Cryphalus aspericollis, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 365 (1860). — —, l., Cat. Can. Col, 256 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Ten., Gom.), in ligno arido emortuo preesertim Ficz hinc inde vulgaris. This minute insect will probably be found to be generally spread over these Atlantic islands, though its small size renders it very liable to escape observation. It is not uncommon around Funchal in Ma- ~ deira proper, in the dead wood of old fig- and other trees; and I have taken it in Teneriffe, of the Canarian Group, in much the same situa- tions, as well as within the rotten stalks of Geraniums. In Gomera it was found by the Messrs, Crotch—under the bark of “ fig- and mulberry-trees” ; but it is not peculiar to the Atlantic Groups in question, for it was captured by the late Mr. Bewicke even in the island of Ascension (where, however, in all probability, it had been introduced by mere accident). Genus 214. APHANARTHRUM. Wollaston, Ins. Mad. 292 (1854). § I. Pronotum antice productum, caput fere occultans. 672. Aphanarthrum Jube. Aphanarthrum Jub, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist, v. 164 (1860). — —, Ia., Cat. Can. Col. 257 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Can., Gom.), in ramis Huphorbiarum emortuis presertim H. regis-Jube hinc inde vulgare. This large and very pubescent Aphanarthrum I have captured. abundantly, from within dry twigs and stems of the Huphorbia regis- Jube, in Lanzarote of the Canarian Group; and during the summer of 1864 it was taken, pretty commonly, by the Messrs. Crotch both in Grand Canary and Gomera. 673. Aphanarthrum tuberculatum. Aphanarthrum tuberculatum, Woll., Append. huj. op. 40. Habitat Canarienses (Hierro), inter Euphorbias emortuas 4 DD. Crotch copiose repertum. Found abundantly by the Messrs. Crotch (“‘ amongst sweet Euphor- bias only ”) in Hierro, the most western island of the Canarian Group ; but it has not yet been observed elsewhere. 240 TOMICID. 674, Aphanarthrum armatum. Aphanarthrum armatum, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. i. 167 (1862). — —, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 257 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz.), intra caules Euphorbiarwm parce lectum. The only two examples which I have seen of this species were taken by myself, out of Huphorbia-stems, in Lanzarote of the Canarian Group. Apart from colour, they differ from their immediate allies in having their elytra somewhat less parallel and more finely punctured, the punctures being less evidently disposed in longitudinal rows, and in their prothorax being a little more produced at the apex (where it is armed with much larger tubercles, the inner pair of which are elongate and porrect) and rather more carinated behind. Their pubescence, which is soft and very dense, appears on the elytra to be pale and nearly decumbent. 675. Aphanarthrum canescens, Aphanarthrum canescens, Woll., Append. hay. op. 41. Habitat Canarienses (Can., Gom.), in ramulis Euphorbiarum & DD. Crotch lectum. Taken abundantly in Gomera by the Messrs. Crotch, and also near Las Palmas in Grand Canary,—the specimens from the latter island differing in having their minute prothoracic pustules usually obsolete. 676. Aphanarthrum canariense. Aphanarthrum canariense, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 164 (1860). » Id., Cat. Can. Col. 261 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can., Ten., Gom., Palma, Hierro), plantas Hu- phorbiarum putridas preecipue #. canartensis destruens, Widely spread over the Canarian archipelago, in all the islands of which I have taken it except Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. It seems to be attached principally (perhaps entirely) to the rotten stalks of the Euphorbia canariensis ; but as that plant, I believe, does not now occur in the two eastern islands of the Group, the Ree probably will not be found in either of them. 677. Aphanarthrum pygmeum. Aphanarthrum pygmeum, Woll., Append. huj. op. 42. Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom., Palma), intra plantas Euphorbie canariensis putridas rarius, TOMICID. 241 This extremely minute Aphanarthrum appears to be attached to the rotten stalks of the Euphorbia canariensis, being widely though sparingly diffused over the Canarian Group. I took a single specimen of it in Palma, during the spring of 1858 ; and a tolerable series is now before me, captured by the Messrs. Crotch in Teneriffe and Go- mera during the summer of 1864. Although its elytra are quite dark compared with those of the other Aphanarthra (except the A, pusillum) here enumerated, nevertheless the Teneriffan examples are usually a shade paler than the Gomeran (and Palman ?) ones, and have their central fascia (which in the latter is almost entirely suffused and obsolete) often quite appreciable,—under which cir- cumstances it takes much the same form as that of the A. canariense. The specimens from Teneriffe have also the extreme apex of their pronotum for the most part rather less evidently biplicate (or mi- nutely bipartite) than is the case in those from Gomera and Palma. 678. Aphanarthrum bicinctum. Aphanarthrum bicinctum, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 165 (1860), , Id., Cat. Can. Col, 260 (1864). —— ——, Id., Append. huj. op. 43. Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert., Can., Ten.); in Huphorbiis emor- tuis hinc inde vulgatissimum. A Canarian Aphanarthrum which seems to put on at least three slightly different phases (probably indeed more), according to the island in which it is found; but these states, although usually separable in a general way, do in reality merge into each other so completely that I am satisfied it would be unsafe to attempt to uphold any one of them as specifically distinct from the rest. The A, bicinetum, as thus received, has been observed abundantly in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Grand Canary, and Teneriffe; but it is the form from the first and second of those islands which I have regarded as the type—simply, however, because it was the Lanza- rotan and Fuerteventuran examples which supplied the data for my original diagnosis. The specimens (thus treated as typical) from the two eastern islands are a little smaller than the Grand-Canarian ones, and the latter (which are consequently, in that respect, inter- mediate) than those from Teneriffe. Moreover the Teneriffan ones are not only (on the average) somewhat larger and broader than the others, but they are also just perceptibly more opake and a trifle more thickly pubescent; and their entire colour is usually darker, the fascie being often greatly suffused. Yet the corresponding R 242 TOMICIDZ. characters of occasional individuals from these four different islands are so similar that I am convinced it would be worse than useless to define as separate species what further material would tend only to reunite. I have taken the normal form of the A. bicinctum abundantly in the rotten Euphorbias of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, and the states “3” and “y” sparingly in Grand Canary and Teneriffe. These two latter phases were found more commonly by the Messrs. Crotch,—the “y” (or Teneriffan one) indeed in the utmost pro- fusion, within the stems of felled Euphorbias at Souzal; and it was likewise met with by Mr. Gray in the Barranco do Passo Alto, near S*® Cruz. 679. Aphanarthrum piscatorium. Aphanarthrum piscatorium, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 166 (1860). ——, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 260 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (T'en., Gom., Palma, Hierro), ramos Euphorbiarum emortuos presertim L. piscatoria erodens. A small species which is widely spread over these Atlantic islands, where probably it will be found to occur wherever there are plants of the Euphorbia piscatoria—to which it seems principally to be attached. It is common, at rather low elevations, in Madeira proper ; whilst at the Canaries it has been taken abundantly in Teneriffe, Gomera, Palma, and Hierro. 680. Aphanarthrum euphorbie. Aphanarthrum Euphorbie, Woll., Ins. Mad. 293, tab. vi. f. 2 (1854). — ——, ld., Cat. Mad, Col. 97 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub cortice necnon in ligno putrido Euphorbice melliferce, Linn. fil., in locis editioribus occurrens. A. Madeiran species, which has been captured hitherto only in the higher regions of Madeira proper—where it occurs beneath the bark (and within the damp rotting wood) of the gigantic Hwphorbia mel- lifera, ascending to at least 5000 feet above the sea. 681. Aphanarthrum affine, Aphanarthrum affine, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 166 (1860). ——, Id., Cat. Can. Col, 259 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert., Can., Gom.), inter Euphorbias antiquas hine inde vulgare. TOMICIDA. 243 Widely distributed over the Canarian Group, though apparently more common in the eastern islands than in the western ones. It is abundant amongst the decayed Euphorbias in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura; and it also occurs in Grand Canary, and more spa- ringly in Gomera. 682. Aphanarthrum glabrum. Aphanarthrum glabrum, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 167 (1860). — —, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 258 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Giom., Hierro), inter Euphorbias rarius. One of the rarer of the Canarian Aphanarthra, or at any rate extremely local, it having been observed as yet only in Gomera and Hierro. 683. Aphanarthrum bicolor. Aphanarthrum bicolor, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 165 (1860). —, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 259 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Zen., Gom., Palma, erro), Euphorbias emortuas copiose destruens. Like the A. piscatortum, widely spread over these Atlantic islands, where very likely it will be found to be nearly universal. It occurs in the dead Euphorbias, at rather low elevations, in Madeira proper ; and it has been taken in Teneriffe, Gomera, Palma, and Hierro, of the Canarian Group. § II. Pronotum antice minus productum, caput (longiusculum, fere subrostratum) haud oceultans. 684. Aphanarthrum luridum. Aphanarthrum luridum, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 163 (1860). ——, Id., Cat. Can, Col. 262 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom.), intra caules Huphorbie canariensis putridos degens. A Canarian Aphanarthrum which has been observed hitherto only in Teneriffe and Gomera, though most probably it will be found wherever the Huphorbia canariensis (to the rotten stalks of which it seems to be peculiar) still exists. Like the A. pusillum (which how- ever is dark, concolorous, and extremely minute), it differs from the other species here enumerated in having its pronotum only slightly produced in front, so that the head (which is somewhat more ros- trate) is less concealed from view. rR2 244, TOMICIDE. 685, Aphanarthrum pusillum. Aphanarthrum pusillum, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 167 (1860). —— —, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 263 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can., Ten., Gom.), plantas Euphorbie canari- ensis putridas destruens. This minute and uniformly dark-brown species is widely diffused over the Canarian Group, where it is attached to the putrid stalks of the Euphorbia canariensis. I have taken it in Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and Gomera, in the last two of which it was found also by the Messrs. Crotch. Genus 215. CRYPTURGUS. Erichson, in Wiegm. Archiv, ii. 60 (1836). 686. Crypturgus concolor. Aphanarthrum concolor, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 263 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Palma, Hierro), sub cortice Pini canari- ensis latens. A minute Canarian wood-borer, which occurs under the rotten bark of the Pinus canariensis. I have taken it in Teneriffe and Palma—in the former of which islands it was captured also by the Messrs. Crotch, who likewise met with it in the Pinal in the south of Hierro. In my Canarian Catalogue I referred this insect to the genus Aphanarthrum—though with considerable reluctance, seeing that in its external facies and pine-destroying habits it is totally opposed to the members of that exclusiwely Euphorbia-infesting group; and it is therefore with some satisfaction that a more recent and critical inquiry into its structural peculiarities has convinced me that it belongs, without doubt, to the European genus Orypturgus—with which in the exact number and proportions of its antennal joints, and its perfectly solid (unannulated) club, it agrees entirely. Indeed it closely resembles the C. pusillus of more northern latitudes— from which it would seem to differ merely in being a trifle larger and more pubescent, with the spines on the outer edge of its tibie more elongated and developed. The minute punctules also of its elytral interstices will be seen, beneath the microscope, to be both somewhat more regular and more numerous; but as none of these characters are important ones, I think it far from unlikely that it may be in reality but a geographical modification of its European ally. TOMICID. 245 Genus 216. TRIOTEMNUS. Wollaston, Cat. Can. Col. 264 (1864). As Dr. Crotch’s original specimen, for the reception of which I established this genus in my Canarian Catalogue, happened to be a female one, I had no opportunity of detecting the singular and most anomalous character afforded by the opposite sex, and so merely called attention to its 3-jointed funiculus, the subretuse apex of its elytra, and sundry other secondary features which served to distin- guish it from the immediately allied groups. But further material has now disclosed to me a sexual peculiarity of a kind which I have never before witnessed (so far as I can recollect) in any member of the Coleoptera—namely, that the males (in which the forehead appears to be concave) have a small and incurved, but upwardly- inclined, horn, or tooth (more or less expressed in different indi- viduals), on the outer face of their mandibles!| Had this process been a development of the front edge of the clypeus there would have been nothing very remarkable about it; for although such a structure is not usual in the Tomicide, it at any rate obtains in the male sex of the various forms around Cis (of the preceding family), the frontal tubercles of which frequently present much the same appearance, at first sight, as these mandibulary processes of Z'ri0- temnus; but to be placed where they are, on the upper surface of the mandibles, is quite without a precedent in any insect with which I am acquainted. 687. Triotemnus subretusus. Triotemnus subretusus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 265 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom.), in plantis Huphorbice canariensis antiquis aridis emortuis 4 DD. Crotch deprehensus. Found first by Dr. Crotch in Gomera, during his Canarian cam- paign of 1862, and subsequently by himself and his brother (in tolerable abundance) both in that island and Teneriffe. Mr. G. R. Crotch informs me that they met with it only in the dry but rotten stalks of the Euphorbia canariensis. Genus 217. LIPARTHRUM. Wollaston, Ins. Mad. 294 [ script. Leiparthrum | (1854). 688. Liparthrum mandibulare. Leiparthrum mandibulare, Woll., Ins. Mad. 295, tab. v. f. 9 (1854). ——, Id., Cat. Mad, Col. 97 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub cortice in castaneto quodam captum. 246 TOMICID. The only example of this insect which has yet been brought to light I captured (during the summer of 1850) in the chestnut-woods at S‘* Anna, in the north of Madeira proper; and as the specimen was far from a perfect one, further material is greatly needed in order to ascertain more fully the true characters of the species. 689. Liparthrum nigrescens. Liparthrum bituberculatum, Woll., Cat. Can. C. [nec Ins.M. ]265(1864). nigrescens, Id., Append. huj. op. 4.4. Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), in intermediis et presertim editiori- bus rarissimum. A Canarian insect which has been observed hitherto only in the intermediate and loftier altitudes of Teneriffe, where moreover it would seem to be scarce. I have taken it at the Agua Garcia and on the Cumbre above the Agua Mansa (in the region of the Reta- mas); and several Teneriffan examples are now before me which were captured by the Messrs. Crotch. In my Canarian Catalogue I referred it to the Madeiran L. bituberculatum ; but in the Appendix to this volume I have stated that additional material has since con- vinced me that it is truly distinct from that species. 690. Liparthrum bituberculatum. Leiparthrum bituberculatum, Woll., Ins. Mad. 297, tab. vi. f. 8 (1854). ——,, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 97 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in sylvaticis intermediis preesertim cas- tanetis sat vulgare. Rather common in the intermediate altitudes of Madeira proper, both in the chestnut-woods and (amongst the laurels) in the strictly sylvan districts. The examples from the latter are perhaps, on the average, more typical than those from the former,—being usually a trifle larger and darker. 691. Liparthrum curtum. Leiparthrum curtum, Woll., Ins. Mad. 298 (1854). ——, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 97 (1857). Liparthrum ,1d., Cat. Can. Col. 266 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), et Canarienses (ins. omnes), in interme- diis et preecipue inferioribus hinc inde vulgare. One of the most widely spread of all the wood-boring Coleoptera within these Atlantic islands, where it is nearly universal,—occurring TOMICIDZE. 247 principally at rather low elevations, but ascending likewise into the intermediate districts. It often swarms under the dry, loosened bark of old palings, and about cultivated grounds generally. Ihave taken it in Madeira proper, as well as in all the seven islands of the Canarian Group except Gomera—whence however an extensive series is now before me, which was captured by the Messrs. Crotch. I do not feel entirely satisfied that the Z. curtum is specifically distinct from the bituberculatum—occasional specimens from the intermediate regions so far uniting the two forms that it is difficult to say for certain to which they should be referred. Still both of them are on the whole so well defined that I think it is far from impossible that some diagnostic character (for one or the other of them) may have escaped my observation; and therefore I will not, particularly as they have already been established, venture to unite them. Whether however the L. bituberculatum is indicated amongst the Canarian examples now before me I consider somewhat doubtful, and am rather inclined to refer the whole of the latter (even the darker ones) to the curtum. 692. Liparthrum inarmatum. Leiparthrum inarmatum, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 364 (1860). Liparthrum , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 266 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), et Canarienses (in Fuert. sola adhuc haud observatum), ramulos Euphorbiarum emortuos erodens. Strictly a Huphorbia-infesting species, and one which in all pro- bability is (like the Z. cwrtum) universal throughout these Atlantic Groups,—occurring in the dead stems and twigs of the Euphorbias, principally at rather low elevations. It has been taken in Madeira proper (to the westward of Funchal), and in all the seven Canarian islands except Fuerteventura (where, however, there can be no doubt that it must exist). Its capture in Hierro is due to the Messrs, Crotch, who met with several specimens of it (now before me) in that island during the summer of 1864. It varies considerably in stature, 693. Liparthrum artemisiz. Leiparthrum Artemisize, Woll., Ins. Mad. 299 (1854). — —, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 97 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Ivheo Chao) inter plantas Artemisia argentee, Heérit., sat copiose deprehensum. Found hitherto only on the northern Deserta (or Ilheo Chao), of 248 TOMICID. the Madeiran Group,—where I obtained it rather abundantly, during June 1850, by beating the dense masses of wormwood (Artemisia argentea, Hérit.) which clothe certain parts of that singular little island. But whether it was actually attached to the wormwood, or had come out of the dead branches of some Euphorbia or other plant, I am unable to say. 694. Liparthrum Lowei. Liparthrum Lowei, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. i. 174 (1862). — —, Id., Cat. Can. Col, 267 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Zen., Gom.), in Huphorbiis emortuis minus frequens. A most minute Canarian Liparthrum, which has been observed hitherto only in the dead Euphorbias of Teneriffe and Gomera. It was first detected by the Rev. R. T. Lowe in the former island, near Garachico; and a considerable series is now before me which was captured, likewise in Teneriffe, by the Messrs. Crotch, during the summer of 1864. We may, however, expect it to occur more gene- rally throughout the Group. 695. Liparthrum bicaudatum. Liparthrum bicaudatum, Woll., Append. huj. op. 44. Habitat Canarienses (Gom.), in ramulis Huphorbiarum emortuis 4 DD. Crotch sat copiose lectum. This curious little insect, so remarkable for the enlarged process, or nodule, into which the raised second interstice of each elytron is backwardly produced behind, was captured abundantly by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera, during their late Canarian expedition. According to their report, it was found within the dead twigs of one of the “sweet” Euphorbias (perhaps the #. balsamifera, or the regis- Jube). Genus 218. HYPOBORUS. Erichson, in Wiegm. Archiv, ii. 62 (1836). 696. Hypoborus ficus, Bostrichus Fici, Dej. Cat. (edit. 1) 101 (1821). Hypoborus Ficus, Erich., loc. cit, 62 (1836). , Lucas, Col. de? Algérie, 462, pl. 39. f. 2 (1849). — — _, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col, 98 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P® S), in ligno antiquo presertim Fict in cultis inferioribus occurrens. HYLESINIDE. 249 An insect of Mediterranean latitudes which occurs sparingly at low elevations in the Madeiran Group, for the most part about cul- tivated grounds. I have taken it around Funchal in Madeira proper, and also near the Villa in Porto Santo; and it would appear to be attached normally (as indeed the name implies) to the rotton wood of old fig-trees. , Fam. 51. HYLESINIDZ. Genus 219. HYLESINUS. Fabricius, Syst. Eleu. ii. 390 (1801). 697, Hylesinus indigenus. Hylesinus indigenus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 267 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Hierro), sub cortice lauri cujusdam antique in regione ‘‘ E] Golfo”’ semel repertus. A single example of this Canarian wood-borer, taken (in a dead and mutilated state) out of its burrow in an old laurel on the western slopes of Hierro, embodies all that I yet know about the species. From its very imperfect condition I had no opportunity of examining the whole of its structural details, nevertheless I believe that it will be found ultimately to be a true Hylesinus, though further material would, of course, be very desirable in order to ascer- tain this for certain. There can be no doubt, I think, that it is common in at any rate the sylvan districts of Hierro; for the tree which produced it was nearly destroyed by its ravages; but as our short visit to that island was in midwinter, there was naturally but little chance of obtaining living specimens. Genus 220. PHL(OPHTHORUS. Wollaston, Ins. Mad. 299 (1854). 698. Phleophthorus rhododactylus. a rhododactylus, Mshm, Ent. Brit. 58 (1802). lurgus Bisdodéctylus, Steph., Ill. Brit. Ent. iii. 365 (1830). Phloeophthorus perfoliatus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 301, tab. vi. f. 1 (1854). — — , Id., Cat, Mad. Col. 99 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) in ligno ramulisque emortuis Geniste scoparie rarissimus. A European insect which occurs at rather high elevations in Ma- deira proper, where however it is exceedingly rare. As in more 250 -HYLESINIDE. northern latitudes, it appears to be attached to the dead wood of the common Broom (Genista scoparia); and it is possible, therefore, that it may originally have been naturalized in the island. I have taken it at the Lombarda das Vacas (on the mountains above Sao Vicente), and it was captured by the late Mr. Bewicke at 8. Antonio da Serra. Genus 221. HYLURGUS. Latreille, Gen. Crust. et Ins. ii. 274 (1807). 699. Hylurgus ligniperda. Bostrichus ligniperda, Fab., Ent. Syst. i. ii. 867 (1792). heii, Sint ial FE, Woll., "Ins. Mad. 302 (1854). Cat. Mad. Col, 99 (1857). —, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 268 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad., Des.) et Canarienses(Ten., Palma, Hierro), in pinetis degens. The European H. ligniperda will probably be found to occur in most of the fir-woods of these Atlantic islands. At the Madeiras I have taken it in Madeira proper, as well as in a small and recent plantation of fir-trees on the summit of the Deserta Grande; and at the Canaries, in the Pinals of Teneriffe and Palma. In the latter Group, it was found also by the Messrs. Crotch in the remote and elevated Pinal at the southern extremity of Hierro. 700. Hylurgus destruens, Hylurgus piniperda, Woll. [nec Linn.], Ins, Mad. 303 (1854). | Id., Cat. Mad. Col, 99 (1857). —— destruens, Id., Append. huj. op. 45. : Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub cortice Pini in subinferioribus parce captus. Taken sparingly in Madeira proper, chiefly (I believe) at rather low elevations and beneath the bark of pine trees. I have hitherto referred it to the common European H. piniperda ; but the numerous points in which I now perceive that it differs permanently from that insect will be gathered by a reference to my diagnosis given in the Appendix. Still, although with a certain number of decided features of its own, it is difficult to feel quite sure that it is in reality more than a fixed geographical modification of its more northern ally. Genus 222. HYLASTES. Erichson, in Wiegm. Archiv, ii, 47 (1836). CURCULIONID. 251 701. Hylastes Lowei. Hylastes Lowei, Paiva, Ann. Nat. Hist. viii. 211 (1861). ——, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 269 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Palma), in ligno Pini canariensis antiquo emortuo hine inde vulgaris, . _ Very closely allied to the European H. ater, of which possibly it may be but a geographical state. Hitherto it has been observed only in Teneriffe and Palma, of the Canarian Group, where like the Hylurgus ligniperda it is attached to the pine trees of intermediate _ and lofty elevations. We may, however, expect to meet with it wherever the old Pinals still exist. 702. Hylastes clavus. Hylastes clavus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 305 (1854). — — , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 100 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub cortice truncisque arborum prolapsis in subinferioribus intermediisque parce occurrens. Found hitherto only in Madeira proper, where it occurs very spa- ringly (beneath bark, and logs of wood) at low and intermediate elevations. 703. Hylastes trifolii. Hylesinus trifolii, Miill., in Journ. Soc. des S. du Mont Tonnerre (1803). —— ——, Schmidt, in Stett. Ent. Zeit. vy. 395 (1844). Hylastes Trifolii, Woll., Ins. Mad. 304 (1854). — — , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 99 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), rarior ; in locis similibus ac precedens. A European Hylastes which occurs in Madeira proper—in much the same sort of places as the last species, and with nearly the same range, , Fam. 52. CURCULIONIDE. (Subfam. I. COSSONIDES.) Genus 223. SYNTOMOCERUS*. Wollaston, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (Eremotes) v. 364 (1861). 704, Syntomocerus crassicornis. Hylurgus crassicornis, Brullé, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 71 (1888). * A aivropos, breviatus, et xépas, cornu. 252 CURCULIONID2. Eremotes crassicornis, Woll., loc. cit. 365, pl. 18. f. 1 (1861). — —, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 269 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can., Ten., Pulma), rarior; lignum Pint cana- reensis antiquum perforans. Peculiar apparently to the Pinals of the Canarian archipelago, where it occurs beneath the bark and within the dead wood of the Pinus canariensis. I have taken it sparingly in Grand Canary, Tene- riffe, and Palma, in the last two of which islands it was found also by the Messrs. Crotch. We may expect to meet with it likewise in the Pinal towards the south of Hierro. In order to avoid confusion, I have thought it desirable to change the name which I had imposed on this genus,—Hremotes being too near to Hretmotes, of De Marseul. Genus 224, HEXARTHRUM. Wollaston, Ann. Nat. Hist. vy. 448 (1860). 705. Hexarthrum capitulum. Rhyncolus capitulum, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. ii. 410 (1858). Hexarthrum compressum, Ia., ibid. v. 449 (1860). capitulum, Jd., Trans. Ent, Soc. Lond, v. 366, pl. 18. f. 2 (1861). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), rarissimum ; sub ligno antiquo in infe- rioribus parcissime captum. Observed only at low elevations in Madeira proper, where it is both rare and extremely local. It was detected first by Mr. M. Park; and was found subsequently by the late Mr. Bewicke, amongst old wood in an outhouse, at the Praia Formosa near Funchal. Genus 225. RHYNCOLUS. (Creutzer) Germ., Ins. Spec. 807 (1824). 706. Rhyncolus crassirostris. Rhyncolus crassirostris, Woll., Trans, E. S, L. v. 367, pl. 18. £. 31861). , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 270 (1864). Habitat ‘saticues (Can.) lignum antiquum Pini canariensis in montibus parce destruens. The only specimens which I have seen of this Ahyncolus were captured by myself in the rotten wood of an old pine tree on the mountains of Grand Canary. It somewhat resembles the European R. truncorum; neverthelesss, as stated in my paper on the Atlantic CURCULIONID. 253 Cossonides, “its rostrum is broader and shorter, its antenne are still more abbreviated, with their club abrupter and more straightly truncated at its apex, its prothorax is much more deeply and remotely sculptured, and its elytral punctures are also larger, the small inter- mediate ones especially being more perceptible.” Genus 226. CAULOPHILUS. Wollaston, Ins. Mad. 315 (1854). 707. Caulophilus sculpturatus. Caulophilus sculpturatus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 315, tab. vi. f. 4 (1854). — — , I., Cat. Mad. Col. 104 (1857). — — , ld., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. vy. 368 (1861). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), rarissimus. Exemplar unicum sub lapide collegi. The only example of this small Cossonid which has hitherto been brought to light was captured by myself in Madeira proper, during the autumn of 1847—from beneath a stone on an exposed grassy slope to the eastward of Funchal, in the direction of the Cabo Ga- rajao (or Brazen Head). It would appear, therefore, to be extremely scarce. Genus 227. PHL@OPHAGUS. Schénherr, Gen. et Spec. Cure. iv. 1047 (1838). 708. Phicoophagus tenax. Rhyncolus tenax, Woll., Ins. Mad. 307 (1854). » Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 100 (1857). Phleophagus tenax, Id., Trans. Ent. Soc. L. vy. 370, pl. 18. f. 4 (1861). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.),in sylvaticis editioribus preesertim lauretis vulgaris, Peculiar apparently to Madeira proper, where it is universal throughout the sylvan districts (particularly in the laurel-woods) of intermediate and lofty elevations. 709. Phieophagus sulcipennis. Phiceophagus sulcipennis, Woll., Ins. Mad. 308 (1854). —— — , ld., Cat. Mad. Col. 100 (1857). » Id., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. y. 369 (1861). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), lignum antiquum in inferioribus colens. Attached to old wood at low elevations, in Madeira proper—prin- cipally around Funchal. It was once captured abundantly by Senhor 254 CURCULIONIDA. ~ Moniz even in the town itself, beneath rotten planks lying in his garden. It is very closely allied to the European P. spadia, of which indeed I am far from satisfied that it is more than a geographical state. | 710. Phleophagus caulium. Phlceophagus caulium, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. v. 370 (1861). — — , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 270 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert.), truncos ramosque Huphorbarum emortuos perforans. Observed hitherto only in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, the two eastern islands of the Canarian archipelago, where it is locally abun- dant within the dead stems and branches of the various Euphorbias. 711. Phleophagus laurineus. Phlceophagus laurineus et affinis, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. v. 371, 373 (1861). — —, Id,, Cat. Can. Col, 271 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom., Palma, Hierro), sub cortice laxo preecipue laurorum in subinferioribus et sepius intermediis occurrens. Although by no means certain that the P. lawrineus and affinis may not be, after all, as I originally assumed, specifically distinct ; yet the recent inspection of more extensive material than I formerly possessed, including a considerable series from Gomera which are strictly intermediate between the two, has convinced me that it will be safer to regard them as but states of a single species—consequent perhaps on their attachment to particular trees and plants, some of which (as, for instance, the Laurels and Euphorbias) are widely different in their nature and properties. So long as the affinis appeared to be exclusively of Huphorbia-infesting habits, I could scarcely suppose otherwise (even though its differential characters were but small and insignificant) than that it was truly distinct from the more deeply sculptured and laurel-feeding P. lawrineus ; yet the detection of intermediate individuals in the dead wood of mulberry, willow, and fig (each set presenting some just appreciable feature of its own) would seem to imply that they are all of them but slight and unimportant modifications of a rather plastic form— capable of sustaining itself under various and opposite conditions. And hence I have come to the conclusion that it will be better to suppress (as a species) the P. affinis, which is but one of the rather CURCULIONID2. 255 more decidedly pronounced phases, of the many just separable ones (inter se) which I have lately examined. Indeed even in its most marked aspect the P. affinis seemed to differ, from the typical lau- rineus, merely in being on the average a trifle smaller, with its elytra perhaps somewhat more convex (or less straightened atthe sides) and less deeply sculptured; and I should not have hesitated therefore to regard it as a variety, had not its attachment to the Euphorbias seemed to me to imply a distinction of real importance. But if the latter peculiarity in its mode of life does not obtain uni- versally, I think that the affinis should no longer be treated as separate from the lawrineus*. If therefore my conclusion, just arrived at, be correct, the present Phloophagus may be said to attach itself to many kinds of trees and (even) shrubs, but to be most partial to the native Laurels of inter- mediate altitudes, and to be tolerably abundant in Teneriffe, Gomera, Palma, and Hierro. 712. Phieophagus simplicipes. Phleophagus simplicipes, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. v. 374 (1861). eS Id, Cat. Can, Col. 272 (1864). pitas Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), lignum Fict antiquum aridum precipue in inferioribus erodens. Found hitherto only in Teneriffe, where it would seem to have a lower range than the P. lawrineus—being attached (so far as has yet been observed) to the dead wood of old fig-trees, in cultivated spots of a low elevation. 713. Phleophagus piceus. Phleophagus piceus, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. vy. 374 (1861). —— — , l., Cat. Can. Col. 273 (1864), Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert., Can.), arbores antiquas Fict ple- rumque in intermediis colens. _* The question of the specific claims of certain closely allied forms is now and then so difficult of solution that we are compelled to leave it in partial doubt. Thus, although I imagine that the above conclusion is correct, I still cannot feel quite satisfied that I may not have overlooked some character which would perhaps yet prove the affinis to be (as I originally supposed) distinct from the laurineus. 1 will therefore merely add that if this should be the case, the specific titles will of course have to remain as hitherto. But if, on the contrary, my present explanation is the right one, we may then (ignoring all subsidiary modifications) regard the P. /awrineus as tending to assume two slightly different states—namely, the typical one (abundant in the laurel-districts of intermediate altitudes), and the “var. 8. affinis,’ which descends to a lower elevation and attaches itself indiscriminately to various kinds of trees.and shrubs. 256 CURCULIONID&. A Canarian Phleophagus which has been detected hitherto in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, and Grand Canary,—where it seems to be attached principally to the dry, rotten wood of old fig-trees at inter- mediate altitudes. 714. Phleophagus calvus. Rhyncolus calvus, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 448 (1860). Phleophagus calvus, Id., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. v. 370 (1861). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub ligno antiquo in inferioribus una cum Mesoweno et Hexarthro captus. Detected by the late Mr. Bewicke, at a low elevation, in Madeira proper,—having been captured by him beneath logs of old wood lying in a shed, or outhouse, at the Praia Formosa near Funchal (in company with the Hewarthrum capitulum, Mesowenus Bewickianus, and Xylopertha barbata). Genus 228. LIPOMMATA. Wollaston, Cat. Mad. Col, 100 [ script. Leitpommata] (1857). 715. Lipommata calcaratum. Leipommata calcaratum, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 101 (1857). —— — , Id., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond, v. 395, pl. 19. f. 3 (1861). Habitat Maderenses (P” S?), in colliculis arenosis ad radices plan- tarum, preecipue Arundinis donacis, mox pone oram maritimam crescentium parce fodiens, This curious little blind Cossonid has been observed only in Porto Santo, of the Madeiran Group, where it burrows into the loose drifting sand which has gradually accumulated into ridges and hillocks im- mediately behind the sea-beach. I have taken it sparingly around the roots of various sand-plants, particularly the Arundo donax,— it ssubfossorial tibiz, pilose body, undilated feet, and total freedom from eyes being alike indicative of its subterranean mode of life. Genus 229. PENTATEMNUS, Wollaston, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. vy. 385 (1861). 716. Pentatemnus arenarius. Pentatemnus arenarius, Woll., loc. cit. 388, pl. 19. f. 1 (1861). , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 273 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert., Can.), in locis similibus ac preece- dens, sub terrain aridis arenosis juxta radices plantarum fodiens. CURCULIONIDZ. 257 Of precisely the same habits as the Porto-Santan Iipommata calearatum, of which perhaps it may be regarded as the Canarian representative; but its funiculus is composed of only five joints, instead of seven (as in that insect) ; and although there can be little doubt that it is practically blind, its eyes nevertheless are not literally absent—heing just indicated, in a most imperfect and rudimentary state, when viewed beneath the microscope. The P. arenarius has been captured in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, and Grand Canary, where it resides (at some depth below the sur- face) amongst the loose sand which has accumulated into hillocks around the various shrubby plants which stud certain arid tracts in the immediate vicinity of the sea-beach. In Fuerteventura espe- cially I have taken it in considerable abundance, principally at Corralejo, by scooping out the sand at the roots of Zygophyllum Fontanesii and a small maritime Huphorbia; and I likewise met with it in the little island of Graciosa, off the extreme north of Lanzarote. Genus 230. ONYCHOLIPS. Wollaston, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. v. 389 (1861). 717. Onycholips bifurcatus. Onycholips bifurcatus, Woll., loc. cit. 394, pl. 19. f. 2 (1861). —— — , ld., Cat. Can. Col. 274 (1864). Halitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert., Can.), in arenosis aridis subma- ritimis ad radices plantarum und cum Pentatemno fodiens. Found sparingly in the dry sandy districts of Lanzarote, Fuerte- ventura, and Grand Canary, in the vicinity of the sea-shore (though seldom actually upon it); and I likewise met with it in the little island of Graciosa, off the extreme north of Lanzarote. Its habits in fact are precisely similar to those of Pentatemnus (with which it is often taken in company) and of the Porto-Santan Lipommata,— to both of which in its fossorial mode of life, and in the long erect hairs with which it is sparingly beset, as well as in its freedom from sight, it is manifestly allied. Yet in the marvellous confor- mation of its tibie and feet it recedes from those insects altogether, as well as from every other group with which I am acquainted—a fact which, in combination with the above-mentioned peculiarities of habit and structure, stamps it as perhaps the most anomalous member of the Coleoptera which has hitherto been detected in these Atlantic islands. 258 CURCULIONIDA. The O. bifurcatus was first taken by Mr. Gray and myself near Puerto de Cabras in Fuerteventura, in 1858, where I again captured it in 1859. Its Grand-Canarian habitat is the low sandy isthmus between Las Palmas and the Isleta,—where I met with a single specimen of it, and where a second was found by Dr. Crotch during the summer of 1864. Genus 231. MESOXENUS. Wollaston, Zrans. Ent. Soc. Lond. v. 395 (1861). 718. Mesoxenus Monizianus. Pentarthrum Monizianum, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. y. 450 (1860). Mesoxenus Monizianus, Jd., oe. cit 396, pl. 19. f. 4 (1861). ——, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 275 (1864), Habitat spies: (Mad.) et Canarienses (Ten.), vel sub ligno an- tiquo super terram posito vel in ramis Huphorbiarum emortuis in inferioribus rarissimus. Detected in Madeira proper (during 1859) by Senhor Moniz, who found several specimens of it adhering to the underside of old boards which were lying on the damp earth in his garden at Funchal. I had myself, however, a year previously, met with a single example of it at the Canaries,—in a house above the Puerto Orotava in Teneriffe, in which island the Rey. R. T. Lowe took a second (from within a dead Huphorbia-stem at Garachico). But in spite of the latter fact, I scarcely think that the species is normally attached to the Euphorbias ; for the habits of the Mesoweni seem to be those of Pentarthrum, and precisely such as the very peculiar habitat which was discovered for the present insect at Funchal by 8" Moniz would appear to indicate. 719, Mesoxenus Bewickianus. Pentarthrum Bewickianum, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 451 (1860). Mesoxenus Bewickianus, Id., loc. cit 397, pl. 19. f. 6 (1861). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub ligno antiquo haud procul ab poy Funchalensi 4 Dom. Bewicke deprehensus. Found at a low elevation in Madeira proper by the late Mr. Be- wicke, who captured it rather abundantly beneath old wood (in a dry and crumbling state) which was lying on the ground in a shed at the Praia Formosa near Funchal—in company with the Hewvarthrum capitulum, Phlocophagus calvus, and Xylopertha barbata. CURCULIONIDA. 259 Genus 232. CAULOTRUPIS. Wollaston, Ins. Mad. 308 (1854). 720. Caulotrupis lacertosus. Caulotrupis lacertosus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 309, tab. vi. f. 6 (1854). —— — , I, Cat. Mad. Col. 102 (1857). —— — , Id., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. v. 376 (1861). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub cortice necnon in ligno emortuo laurorum hine inde sat vulgaris. Peculiar to Madeira proper—where, although extremely local, it is occasionally far from uncommon within the rotten wood and under the loosened bark of the native laurels. It occurs principally to- wards the lower limits of the sylvan districts, and for the most part towards the north of the island. satis 721. Caulotrupis subnitidus. Caulotrupis subnitidus, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 452 (1860). —, Id., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. v. 876 (1861). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in subinferioribus ramos Luphorbiarum emortuos parce destruens. Likewise peculiar (so far at least as observed hitherto) to Madeira proper, where it would seem to be attached to the dead branches of the Huphorbia piscatoria at rather low elevations. It is very closely allied to the C. lacertosus, of which perhaps it may be but a modi- fication consequent upon a change of food, though it is scarcely probable that the same species would subsist indiscriminately upon Euphorbias and Laurels *. 722. Caulotrupis lucifugus. Caulotrupis lucifugus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 310, tab. vi. £.7,9 (1854). —— — , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 102 (1857). ip: jell — — , ld., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond, v. 377 (1861). Habitat Maderenses (ins. omnes), sub lapidibus ramulisque plantarum emortuis fractis humi jacentibus in inferioribus intermediisque latens. Universal throughout the Madeiran Group, in the whole five * The C. subnitidus differs from the /acertosus, mainly, in its surface being a little less opake, in the punctules of its prothorax being more evident, and _in its elytra (which are just perceptibly more straightened towards the shoulders) being somewhat rougher and more distinctly striated. s2 260 CURCULIONIDA. islands of which I have myself captured it... It occurs beneath stones, and (more especially) amongst small broken sticks around — the roots of shrubby plants—for the most part at rather low, but sometimes at intermediate, elevations. It is a variable insect, both in tint and sculpture, having a slightly different phasis for each of the separate islands; and it appears to be more abundant on the northern Deserta, and in Porto Santo, than elsewhere. 723. Caulotrupis impius. Caulotrupis impius, Woll., Ins. Mad. 311 (1854). — —, ld., Cat. Mad. Col. 103 (1857). — —, Id., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. y, 376 (1861). Habitat Maderenses (Mad., Des., Bugio), intra caules Carduorum precipue Silybi Mariani, Grtn., latitans. Found in Madeira proper and the two southern Desertas, though more especially common on the Deserta Grande. It seems to reside principally (if not indeed entirely) within the dry stems of Thistles, feeding upon the pith; and I have seen dead stalks of the gigantic Silybum Marianum (the “Holy Thistle” of the ancients), on the summit of the Deserta Grande, absolutely devoured by it. 724. Caulotrupis terebrans. Caulotrupis terebrans, Woll., Ins. Mad. 312, tab. vi. f. 8 (1854). — —, ld., Cat. Mad. Col. 103 (1857). ——, Id., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. y. 3877 (1861). Habitat Maderenses (P% S*%), rarissimus. In summo ipso monte ‘“‘ Pico do Facho” dicto specimina duo collegi. The only two examples which I have seen of this Caulotrupis were captured by myself on the extreme summit of the Pico do Facho in Porto Santo, of the Madeiran Group; and it would therefore seem to be rare. 725. Caulotrupis Chevrolatii. Caulotrupis Chevrolatii, Woll., Ins. Mad. 313 (1854). a , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 103 (1857). , Id., Trans, Ent. Soc, Lond. vy. 377 (1861). Halnitat Maderenses (Mad.), in sylvaticis humidis editioribus sub ligno presertim recenter secto late sed vix copiose diffusus. Peculiar apparently to the damp sylvan districts of Madeira proper, where it occurs beneath logs and chippings of wood, principally at a high elevation. , CURCULIONIDA. 26! 726. Caulotrupis opacus. Caulotrupis + ani Woll., Ins. Mad. 313 (1854). .» Cat. Mad. Col. 103 (1857). ——, Id., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. v. 877 (1861). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in locis similibus ac preecedens. i Sees Likewise peculiar to Madeira proper, occurring in much the same places as the last species—for the most part within the sylvan districts. 727. Caulotrupis conicollis. Caulotrupis conicollis, Woll., Ins. Mad. 314 (1854). » Id., Cat. Mad. Col, 103 (1857). — — , Id., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. vy. 378 (1861). Habitat Maderenses (Mad., Des.), in locis similibus ac C. lucifugus —sub lapidibus sc. necnon inter ramulos plantarum emortuos fractos aridos humi jacentes in subinferioribus intermediisque latens. Found in Madeira proper and on the Deserta Grande—principally beneath stones, and amongst small broken sticks around the roots of shrubby plants, in exposed spots of rather low and intermediate altitudes. The specimens from the Deserta Grande differ a little from the Madeiran ones, but not so much so as in the case of the C. lucifugus. Genus 233. STENOTIS. Wollaston, Ins. Mad. 316 (1854). 728. Stenotis acicula. Stenotis acicula, Woll., Ins. Mad. 316, tab. vi. f. 5 (1854). , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 104 (1857). — ——, Id., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. vy. 400, pl. 19. f. 8 (1861). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), folia laurorum in humidis sylvaticis parcissime destruens. Confined to the damp sylvan districts of Madeira proper, where it is both local and exceedingly rare. I have captured it, however, on three separate occasions (always in the north of the island, and on the folage of the native laurels)—namely, twice at the Montado dos Pecegueiros, and once in the Ribeira do Ponteclaro (a tributary of the Sao Jorge ravine). Its extremely narrow outline and general aspect are strongly suggestive of certain exotic forms—such as Cato- lethrus and Porthetes, from America and southern Africa. 262 CURCULIONID. Genus 234. MESITES. Schonherr, Gen. et Spec. Cure. iv. 1043 (1838). § I. Corpus sat magnum, parallelum ; femoribus omnibus muticis. 729. Mesites complanatus. Mesites complanatus, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. vy. 401 (1861). ——., Ld., Cat. Can. Col, 276 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Palma), sub cortice laurorum laxo emortuo in sylvaticis editioribus occurrens. A large Canarian Mesites which I have observed hitherto only in the island of Palma, where however it is locally abundant (beneath the loosened bark of the native laurels) in the damp sylvan districts of intermediate elevations. 730. Mesites maderensis. Mesites maderensis, Woll., Ins. Mad. 319 (1854). , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 104 (1857). — ——, Id., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. v. 403 (1861). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub cortice laxo emortuo in lauretis humidis editioribus congregans. Occurs beneath the loosened bark of the native laurels in the sylvan districts of Madeira proper, particularly at a high altitude. It is extremely gregarious, and (like most of the Mesite) very vari- able in stature. 731. Mesites persimilis. Mesites persimilis, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. v. 402 (1861). , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 276 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom.), plerumque in locis similibus ac preecedens; sed interdum, sec. G. R. Crotch, etiam in ficis et salicibus occurrit. ’ Found in the sylvan districts of Teneriffe and Gomera, under much the same circumstances as the last species is at Madeira—of which it may be regarded strictly as the Canarian representative. There can be no doubt that, like the MW. maderensis, it is normally attached to the native laurels; nevertheless it does sometimes occur in other trees likewise, for Mr. G. R. Crotch informs me that during their late sojourn in Gomera they occasionally met with it both “in fig and willow.” The M. persimilis differs from the maderensis, chiefly, in its elytra CURCULIONIDA. 263 being a little flatter (or less cylindric), and nearly entirely free from the fine pubescence which is always conspicuous in that insect, with their striz broader, deeper, and more coarsely punctured and their interstices less transversely-rugulose, in its scutellum being a trifle smaller, and in its frontal fovea and Mor uvet keel (especially in front) being more obscure. The M. maderensis and persimilis are intimately allied to the British M. Tardii, which is found in Ireland and the south-western parts of our own country; and I think it far from unlikely that the three forms may be in reality but geographical developments from a primeval Atlantic type. 732. Mesites euphorbiz. Mesites Euphorbize, Woll., Ins. Mad. 318 (1854). —, Id., Cat. Mad. "Col. 104 (1857). atiinps def i Trans, Ent. Soc, Lond. v. 403 (1861). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), ab ori maritima usque ad 5000’ s, m. Euphorbias emortuas destruens. This is emphatically the Huphorbia-destroying Mesites of the Madeiran Group, though hitherto it has been observed only in Madeira proper. In that island, however, it is universal, wherever there. are dead Euphorbias—ascending from almost the sea-level (where it infests the Z. piscatoria) up to an elevation of at least 5000 feet, where it abounds in the gigantic EH. mellifera. Like all the members of this genus, it is most variable in size. 733. Mesites proximus. Mesites proximus, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. vy. 404 (1861). —, Id., Cat. Can. Col, 277 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), hactenus parcissime repertus. A Canarian Mesites which appears to be quite distinct from the persimilis, and more allied perhaps to the Madeiran M. euphorbie ; though, as I have seen hitherto but two examples of it, captured by » myself at Taganana in the north of Teneriffe, further material is much required in order to establish its characters more completely. From its general facies I should be inclined to suspect that the species is of Huphorbia-infesting habits (though possibly attached to the Euphorbias of the higher districts) ; but I have no recollection of the precise spot in which my specimens were taken, though I believe that they were brushed out of dense herbage by the edges of the Vueltas on the ascent to the Cumbre. 264 CURCULIONID2. § Il. Corpus minus, fusiforme (elytris postice sensim acuminatis) ; femoribus masculis subtus obtuse subdentatis. 734. Mesites fusiformis. Mesites fusiformis, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond.v.405, pl. 19.£.7,9(1861). , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 278 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (in Palma sola haud observatus), vulgatissimus ; truncos ramulosque Huphorbiarum emortuos preecipue in subin- ferioribus destruens. Peculiar apparently to the Canarian archipelago, where it swarms in the rotten stems of the various Euphorbias at low and intermediate elevations. It is doubtless universal throughout the Group; for although it has not been observed in Palma, there can be little doubt that it must exist there—though it is certainly remarkable that the few Euphorbian Mesite which have hitherto been captured in that island belong to a distinct (though closely allied) species, the M. pubipennis. Throughout the remainder of the Group, however, it abounds; and I met with it even on the little islets of Graciosa and Lobos—off the extreme north of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura re- spectively. 735. Mesites pubipennis. Mesites pubipennis, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. v. 406 (1864). —— —, Id., Cat. Can, Col. 278 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Palma), in locis similibus ac preecedens. As just stated, this Mesites has been observed hitherto only in Palma—where it seems to take the place of the last species, which abounds throughout the remainder of the Canarian archipelago. Although allied to the fusiformis, I scarcely think that it can be regarded as any insular modification of it; for the latter does not appear to present any local peculiarities in the various islands and altitudes in which it elsewhere occurs, and moreover we have yet to ascertain for certain that it does not exist, simultaneously with the pubipennis, in the rotten Euphorbia-stems of Palma. (Subfam. II. RHYNCHOPHORIDES.) Genus 235. SITOPHILUS. Schonherr, Gen. et Spec. Cure. iv. 967 (1838). 736. Sitophilus granarius. Curculio granarius, Zinn., Fna Suec. 587 (1761). Calandra linearis, Brullé, in Webb.et Berth. (Col.) 73 (1838). CURCULIONIDA. 265 Sitophilus granarius, Woll., Ins, Mad. 321 aa — —, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 104 (1857). — ——, ; Id., Cat. Can. Col. 279 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (in Gom. sola haud captus), vel in domibus et granariis vel sub recremento farris circa basin acervorum tritici sparso hinc inde vulgaris. A cosmopolitan insect which has doubtless become naturalized in at any rate all the mhabited islands of these Atlantic Groups— occurring about houses and granaries, as well as beneath the refuse around the base of corn-stacks. It is common in Madeira proper ; whilst at the Canaries it has been observed in the whole seven islands - except Gomera, where doubtless however it must exist. 737. Sitophilus oryze. Curculio oryzze, Linn., Cent. Ins. 12 (1763). Calandra oryzee, Br ullé, in Webb et Berth. (Col), 73 (1838). Sitophilus oryze, Woll., Ins. Mad. 322 (1854), — — , ld., Cat. Mad. Col, 105 (1857). a, ere Cat, Can. Col. 280 (1864). — ——. ’ Hart. » Geolog. Verhiltn. Lanz. und Fuert, 141. Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (ins. omnes), vulgaris ; in locis similibus ac preecedens. Found in the same kind of places as the last species, and salty universal. At Madeira however it is perhaps less common than it is at the Canaries, in the whole seven islands of which it has com- pletely established itself. (Subfam. ITI. CIONIDES,) Genus 236. NANOPHYES. » Schonherr, Gen. et Spec. Cure. iv. 780 (1838). 738. Nanophyes longulus. Nanophyes longulus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col, 299 (1864), Habitat Canarienses (Can., Ten.), super folia plantarum in herbidis humidiusculis rarior. A Canarian Nanophyes which has been observed hitherto only in Grand Canary and Teneriffe. It appears to be rare, and occurs amongst dense vegetation in rather damp spots of intermediate altitudes. My Grand-Canarian examples are from Mogan and the region of E] Monte, and the Teneriffan ones from Souzal. 266 CURCULIONID. 739. Nanophyes lunulatus. Nanophyes lunulatus, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist, xi, 218 (1863). ——, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 300 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can.), super folia Tamaricis gallice in inter- mediis captus. Taken rather abundantly in Grand Canary—off some shrubs of the Tamarix gallica, L., at the edges of the stream at Mogan, in one of the south-western Barrancos of that island; but it has not yet been observed elsewhere. Genus 237. CIONUS. Clairville, Ent. Helv. i. 64 (1798). 740. Cionus pulchellus. Curculio pulchellus, Hbst, Kaf. vi. 356 (1795). Cionus pulchellus, Schon., Gen. et Spec. Cure. iv. 741 (1838). ——, Woill., Ins. Mad. 323 (1854). , Id., Cat, Mad. Col, 105 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), super plantas Scrofularie in intermediis parce occurrens, The European C. pulchellus occurs sparingly in Madeira proper, on plants of Scrofularia, at intermediate elevations; but it has not yet been detected in any of the other islands. (Subfam. IV. CRYPTORHYNCHIDES.) Genus 238. CEUTHORHYNCHIDEUS. Jacq. Duval, Gen. des Col. d’ Eur, (Curcul.) 60 (1855). 741. Ceuthorhynchideus pyrrhorhynchus. Curculio pyrrhorhynchus, Mshm, Ent. Brit. 257 (1802). Nedyus suturalis, Steph., Il, Brit. Ent. vy. 419 (1882). Ceuthorhynchus pulvinatus, Schén., Gen. et Spec. Cure. iv. 494 (1837). —— pyrrhorhynchus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col, 281 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Fvert.), in cultis intermediis parce deprehensus. Likewise a common European insect, and one which I have taken sparingly in Fuerteventura of the Canarian Group—namely, at Oliva and at the Agua Bueyes. It seems to occur in and about cultivated grounds, and may perhaps have been naturalized accidentally from more northern countries. CURCULIONID&. 267 Genus 239. CEUTHORHYNCHUS.. (Schuppel) Schén., Cure. Disp. Meth. 298 (1826). 742. Ceuthorhynchus echii. Curculio Echii, Fab., Ent, Syst. i. ti. 436 (1792), Ceuthorhynchus Echii, Schon., Gen. et Spec. Cure. iv. 504 (1837). Ceutorhynchus ——, Woll., Ins. Mad, 325 (1854). , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 105 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P® 8”, Des.), ad folia Echit violacei, Linn., in intermediis degens. The C. echit, which is so generally spread throughout Europe, will probably be found to be universal in the Madeiran Group ; though it has not yet been observed in the Canaries. It occurs on the foliage of the Echium violaceum, L., at rather low and interme- diate altitudes; and it has been captured in Madeira proper, Porto Santo, and the Deserta Grande. 743. Ceuthorhynchus pollinarius. Curculio pollinarius, Forst., Nov. Ins. Spee. 33 (1772). dentatus, Mshm, Ent. "Brit. 280 (et). Ceuthorhynchus pollinarius, Schon., Gen, et Spec. Cure, iv. 548 (1837). —— — , Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 236 (1854). Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom., Hierro), in foliis Urticarum hine inde minus frequens. A common European Ceuthorhynchus which occurs very sparingly, at low and intermediate elevations, in the Canarian Group—for the most part on the foliage of nettles, in semicultivated spots. I have taken it in- Teneriffe and Hierro, and it was found by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera. 744. Ceuthorhynchus quadridens. Curculio quadridens, Pnz., Fna Germ. xxxvi. 18 (1796). Ceutorhynchus quadridens, Woll., Ins. Mad. 326 (1854). —— — , ld., Cat. Mad. Col. 105 (1857). Ceuthorhynchus , Id. Cat. Can. Col, 280 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad., Des.) et Canarienses (Puert., T'en., Gom., Palma, Merro), plerumque i in cultis intermediis parce occurrens. Almost universal (perhaps indeed quite so) throughout these At- lantic islands, where very likely it may have become established from more northern latitudes. It occurs sparingly in semicultivated spots of intermediate elevations, and has been captured in Madeira proper and the Deserta Grande of the Madeiran Group, and in all 268 : CURCULIONIDA. the Canarian islands except Lanzarote and Grand Canary (in both of which, however, we may be pretty sure that it exists). 745. Ceuthorhynchus nigroterminatus. Ceutorhynchus nigroterminatus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 827 (1854). , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 106 (1857). Sires —— mixtus, Muls. et Rey, Ann. Soc. Agr. Lyon (sér. iii.) ii. 295 (1858). Ceuthorynchus nigroterminatus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 281 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), et Canarienses (Ten., Gom., Hierro), in herbidis subinferioribus intermediisque, passim. A European species which is widely (though sparingly) diffused over these Atlantic islands, where in all probability it will be found to be well nigh universal. It occurs amongst herbage, at rather low and intermediate elevations, chiefly within the cultivated dis- tricts; and it has been captured in Madeira proper, as well as in Teneriffe, Gomera, and Hierro of the Canarian Group. Its detection in Gomera is due to the late researches of the Messrs. Crotch. I am informed by Mr. G. R. Crotch that it is identical with the C. mixtus of Mulsant and Rey; and indeed a recent inspection of an example of the latter, which was taken by myself in the east of England, leaves no doubt on this point. 746, Ceuthorhynchus phytobioides. Ceuthorhynchus phytobioides, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 281 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), ad folia Sedi in sylvaticis rarissimus. A single example only of this Canarian Ceuthorhynchus has hitherto come beneath my notice. I met with it in the sylvan region above Taganana, in the north of Teneriffe. 747. Ceuthorhynchus hesperus, - Ceuthorhynchus hesperus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 282 (1864). . Habitat Canarienses (Gom., Hierro), ad rupes herbidas in editioribus folia Sedi destruens. Likewise Canarian and exceedingly scarce. I have taken it at a high elevation in Hierro (where it was also captured by M. de la Perraudiére), and it was found by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera. As conjectured in my late Catalogue, the habits of the C. phyto- buoides, hesperus, and lineatotessellatus are identical—the three insects being attached to the succulent leaves of the various species of Sedum and Sempervivum, which form so marked a feature on the . sides of the perpendicular rocks at intermediate and lofty altitudes. CURCULIONIDA. 269 748. Ceuthorhynchus lineatotessellatus. Ceutorhynchus lineatotessellatus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 327 Site —— ——,, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 106 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), folia Sempervii patine, eee ad rupes crescentis plerumque in subinferioribus erodens. Observed hitherto only in Madcira proper, where moreover it is extremely scarce. It occurs principally at low elevations (at any rate in the north of the island), and subsists on the fleshy leaves of the Sempervivum patina, Lowe,—the rosette-like plants of which stud the faces of the perpendicular rocks, so conspicuously, in certain districts. Genus 240. CELIODES. Schonherr, Curc. Disp. Meth, 296 (1826). 749. Celiodes guttula. Curculio guttula, Fab., Ent. Syst. i. ii. 436 (1792). —— fuliginosus, Mshm, Ent. Brit. 280 (1802). Ceeliodes fuliginosus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 329 (1854). —,, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 106 (1857). Habitat econ (Mad.), forsan introductus; in cultis circa urbem Funchalensem parcissime occurrens. This widely diffused European insect occurs very sparingly in gardens and cultivated spots around Funchal in Madeira proper, where most likely it has become established accidentally from higher latitudes. Genus 241. MONONYX. Brullé, in litt 750, Mononyx variegatus. Mononyx variegatus, Brullé,in Webb et Berth. ( Col.) 72, pl.i. £.16 (1838). Habitat ins. Canarienses (sec. DD. Webb et Berthelot), mihi non obvius. In my Canarian Catalogue I alluded to M. Brullé’s Mononyx variegatus in the “‘ Introductory Remarks” only, it being utterly im- possible even to conjecture the systematic position of a genus of which there is no diagnosis on record. Still, since a figure is given of it in MM. Webb and Berthelot’s work, and it is barely possible that M. Brullé may have intended to write “ Mononychus” (which, of course, is a well-known group) instead of Monony, I will ven- 270 CURCULIONIDA. ture to assume its identity (or at least its relationship) with the former, and embody it in the text of this volume—placing it where IT now do. Still, in reality, I know no more about it than I did formerly, and can therefore give no information as to the island in which it was captured; though, as the ¢lustration of it and specific description equally prevent my referring it to any other Curculionid which has hitherto been met with in these Atlantic islands, I think perhaps we may conelude it to be at all events Canarian, and await the detection of future material to supply us with a knowledge of its _ undoubted affinities and its exact habitat. I may, however, just add that I am more inclined to suspect that it will prove ultimately to be a variegated Acalles than a Mononychus. Genus 242. ACALLES. Schonherr, Cure. Disp, Meth. 295 (1826). The excessive variability of most of these Atlantic Acalles renders it next to impossible to give satisfactory diagnoses of them which shall define accurately the respective limits of their variation. Yet when examined with the aid of large numbers for comparison, they may usually be well enunciated in a general way, though the defi- nitions can scarcely be made, even then, without great difficulty, to include within them occasional specimens which either depart from their respective types or which (more frequently) are in such a bad state of preservation that their true characters (of colour and clothing) have become nearly obliterated. Individuals indeed such as these last referred to, the collector would do well to destroy ; for they only tend to perpetuate confusion by appearing to connect species which are in reality well expressed, and under one or the other of which they would themselves unmistakeably fall were they sufficiently perfect to render all their external features appreciable. The practical naturalist will not misunderstand these remarks, or suppose for a moment that I would wish to solve difficulties by simply ignoring them. They do not apply to variations (as such), in any form or shape, but simply to the retention of material (in these scale-covered, inconstant creatures) which is absolutely worth- less on account of its having lost the main characteristics on which we are often compelled to rely in framing our several diagnoses, ~ I am fully aware how difficult it is in some few instances, even with the best of material, to determine critically where one species may be assumed to end, and another to commence; yet I positively CURCULIONIDA. Si affirm my belief that the difficulties gradually diminish, in propor- tion as we become acquainted with the objects themselves which we would endeayour to describe ; for when viewed superficially, nothing can be more plausible than the easy and wholesale conclusion that all of them alike are but chance developments from a central type. Even as regards the obscwrer forms, however, there is yet one way. (whensoever a favourable opportunity may occur for practising it) by which we may hope to arrive at a considerable amount of truth,— namely, by a careful inquiry: into their previous states and modes of life. The good results of such an investigation have been more than verified by the late researches of the Messrs. Crotch, who took the pains not only to collect but also to note the particular plants on which the species which they happened to fall in with subsist ; the consequence of which has been that at least three or four forms, the distinctions between which (from the want of proper material) I had looked upon with some suspicion when compiling my Canarian Catalogue, have been so fully established that there can be no longer any doubt as to their true specific claims. Such, for instance, are the A. argillosus (which is peculiar to the Kleinia neriifolia), the cont (to the Semperviva), the fortunatus (to the Huphorbie), and the senilis (to the fig). With these few remarks therefore I would commend the numerous Acalles recorded in this Catalogue to the patient observation of those who may have opportunities, from time to time, of testing their diagnoses, and (if needs be) of correcting them—merely adding that, although I feel it anything but improbable that some few may eventually have to be suppressed, I nevertheless believe that by far the greater number will stand the test of a rigid inquiry, and that a careful attention to the exact plants on which they severally feed will further tend to elucidate those particular forms which the defi- ciency of material has compelled me to leave in partial doubt. 751. Acalles Neptunus. Acalles Neptunus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 330 (note) (1854). — —, ld., Journ. of Ent. 90 (1860). Habitat Salvages (ins. minorem, australem), 4 Dom. Leacock tempore vernali 4.pD. 1851 deprehensus. This noble Acalles appears to be peculiar to the Salvages, where several specimens of it were captured by Mr. Leacock of Madeira on the Southern island (or ‘Great Piton’) during the spring of 272 CURCULIONID&. 1851. It is extremely interesting geographically, through the fact of its being very closely allied to the A. argillosus from Teneriffe. Although greatly resembling that species, however, both in size and general aspect, I do not think that it would be safe to treat it as an insular state of it—at all events until a more accurate knowledge has been acquired as to how far these numerous Atlantic Acalles are subject to external modification through the long-continued action of surrounding influences*. 752. Acalles argillosus. Acalles argillosus, Schén., Gen. et Spec. Cure. iv. 327 (1837). rN Tylodes scaber, Brullé, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 72, pl. 1. f. 14 (1838). Acalles argillosus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col, 285 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom., Hierro), intra caules Kleinia nerit- folie, De Cand., degens. A large Canarian Acalles, which seems to undergo its transforma- tions within the stalks of the Kleinia neriifolia. I obtained it from the hollow branches of the Kleinia at Taganana in Teneriffe; and the Messrs. Crotch met with it abundantly, under similar (and indeed under no other) circumstances, in Gomera and Hierro; and even Messrs. Webb and Berthelot, who seldom give us any information of either local or general interest, record its capture “ dans les branches et les vieux troncs du Cacalia Kleinia ;” so that there can be little doubt that it is attached ewclusively to that singular plant. The A. argillosus is eminently musical ; but in all probability this is owing more to its large bulk, and its consequently increased power for stridulation, than to any specific peculiarity of its own. In the ¢Ann. of Nat. Hist.’ for July 1860 I gave a full account of the manner in which this fine Curculionid generates its “anal song; ” but I have subsequently ascertained that all the Acalles are able to perform—wmore or less audibly, according to their respective sizes and capacities. Since the publication of the paper above alluded to, Mr. F, Smith has tested certain British species, and finds them to be * The A, Neptunus differs from the argillosus, mainly, in its scales being yel- lower (or of a much less chalky white), in its rostrum being rather flatter and less keeled in front, in the third articulation of its feet being a trifle less expanded, and in its prothorax (when denuded of the scales), although very coarsely and densely punctured, appearing scarcely so deeply or so thickly punc- tured, or so decidedly opake, as is the case in that insect. Its elytra likewise are more or less ornamented posteriorly with irregular black spots, or broken lines, which do not appear to exist in the a7gillosus; and the first joint of its funiculus is perhaps a little more elongated, being more decidedly longer than the second one. CURCULIONIDA. 2738 gifted with a like power; and the late Mr. Bewicke heard no less than five of the Madeiran Acalles “sing” most distinctly. Future observations will probably show that a large proportion of the weevils are endowed with this capability ; for I myself called atten- tion to two gigantic Canarian Plintht which were able to stridulate, and Mr. Bewicke detected a similar noise in the Ceuthorhynchus echii—* which (as he quaintly expressed it) sings beautifully, work- ing its pygidium against the elytra, which are curiously thickened.” It is by the rapid vibration of the pygidium that the jarring is pro- duced—its setose upper surface being made to play, at each move- ment, against the reticulated inner face of the elytra (the apzcal portion of which, as well as in some instances the rim, is specially roughened for this particular purpose). | 753. Acalles xonii. Acalles seonii, Chevrolat, in litt. — — , Woll., Cat. Can. Col, 285 (1864). —,, De Barnv., Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, iv. 452 (1865). Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom.), intra caules Sempervivi occurrens. Likewise a Canarian Acalles, which has been observed hitherto in Teneriffe and Gomera, and which appears to be attached to the dif- ferent species of Sempervivum (some of which constitute the genus Aionium of Webb). In the latter of those islands the Messrs. Crotch took it abundantly—“ from out of the great rosette-like Sempervivum which everywhere studs the rocks ;” and examples were communi- cated to me from Paris by M. Chevrolat (who purchased them from ‘a French naturalist who formerly collected at Teneriffe), with a note appended to them to the effect that they were captured within the stalks of the “ onium frutescens.” Although in some respects the A, ewonii and the argillosus (which infests the Kleinia neriifolia) are closely allied, a fine series of both species, now before me, from the ‘ recent material of the Messrs. Crotch, shows that they have much less in common than I had originally supposed*. * The A. gonzi ranges smaller than the argiilosus, and the scales with which it is clothed are of a very much darker (or browner) tint; its rostrum (in both sexes) is a little longer and more deeply sculptured, as weil as more naked pos- teriorly (which causes it to appear more conspicuously incised on either side at its extreme base); its prothorax is more rounded at the edges; its elytra are rather more pointed (or less obtusely bisinuated) at their apex, and have their inequalities rather more abrupt and developed ; and its feet are longer. In the numerous examples now before me, the condi varies in length from 24 to 44 lines, whilst the argillosus ranges from 34 to 54. Woil., Ins. Mad. 573 (1854). — ——, Id, Cat. Mad. Col. 186 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in locis similibus ac precedens. The European M. pronus (for I cannot detect any real difference between the Madeiran examples and those from more northern countries) is found in exactly the same kind of places as the last species, within the wooded districts of Madeira proper. It appears to be exceedingly rare, and has not yet been observed i in any of the other islands. 1330, Mycetoporus rufus. Mycetoporus rufus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 558 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom.), in inferioribus intermediisque rarior. | This large and beautiful Mycetoporus has been captured hitherto only in Teneriffe and Gomera, of the Canarian Group, where it occurs very sparingly at low and intermediate altitudes. 242 484, STAPHYLINIDA. 1331. Mycetoporus adumbratus. Mycetoporus adumbratus, Woll., Append. huj. op. 71. Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), 4 DD. Crotch semel repertus. Hitherto unique, a single specimen having been found by the Messrs. Crotch in Teneriffe—in the Pinal above Ycod el Alto. As stated in the Appendix, it is closely allied to the M. solidicornis— from which it differs however in the greater portion of its prothorax and elytra being black (instead of rufo-testaceous), in its four pro- thoracic punctures being further removed from the anterior margin, and in its antenne being a little less abbreviated. 1332. Mycetoporus solidicornis. Mycetoporus solidicornis, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 559 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can.), in intermediis parcissime lectus. The only two examples which I have yet seen of this species were taken by myself, in the region of El Monte, in Grand Canary. 1333. Mycetoporus discoideus. Mycetoporus discoideus, Woll., Append. hu. op. 71. Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), 4 DD. Crotch semel deprehensus. As stated in the Appendix, a single specimen of this Mycetoporus was captured in Teneriffe by the Messrs. Crotch—during their late Canarian campaign—having been found, I believe, near Ycod el Alto. It is far from unlikely that future material may prove it to be conspecific with the M. solidicornis,—from which it seems to differ principally in its larger bulk, and in the infuscated portion of its elytra being more expressed, and more concentrated into a darkish patch on the hinder disk of each. And I think it very pro- bable that when further examples have been obtained, these differ- ences of size and colour will be found insufficient for upholding the discoideus as distinct from the solidicornis, | Genus 396. BOLITOBIUS. (Leach) Steph., Zl. Brit. Ent. v. 171 (1832). 1334. Bolitobius luridus. Bolitobius luridus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 560 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), in sylvaticis intermediis rarissimus. STAPHYLINID. 485 The few specimens which I have yet seen of this Canarian Boli- tobvus were captured by myself in the laurel-districts of Teneriffe— namely, at the Agua Garcia and on the wooded mountains above Taganana, _ 1835. Bolitobius filicornis. Bolitobius filicornis, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 560 (1854). Habitat Canarienses (Can., Ten., Hierro), in sylvaticis subsylva- ticisque intermediis parcissime lectus. Likewise a Canarian species, and one which (although evidently rare) will probably be found to be widely spread over the sylvan and subsylvan districts of the Group. It has been taken in Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and Hierro. (Subfam. III. QUEDIIDES.) Genus 397. EURYPORUS. Erichson, Kaf. der Mark Brand. i. 496 (1839). 1336. Euryporus princeps. Euryporus princeps, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 561 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can.), rarissimus. Sub lapide ad marginem rivuli cujusdam parvi prope oppidum Teror exemplar unicum cepi. A noble Staphylinid of which I have seen hitherto but a single example. It was taken by myself, during April 1858, in Grand Canary—under a wet stone at the edge of the small river at Teror, in the intermediate elevations of that island. Genus 398. HETEROTHOPS. (Kirby) Steph., Z7/. Brit. Ent. v. 256 (18382). 1337. Heterothops minutus. Heterothops minutus, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. vi. 53 (1860). —, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 562 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (ins. omnes), sub quis- quiliis in inferioribus sed pracipue intermediis parum vulgaris. Somewhat allied to the European H. dissimilis, though certainly distinct, from it. It is very widely spread over these Atlantic Groups, where in all probability it is nearly universal—occurring 486 STAPHYLINIDA. beneath stones and vegetable refuse, for the most part at interme- diate elevations. It is tolerably common around (and above) Fun- chal, in Madeira proper; and it has been taken in the whole seven islands of the Canarian archipelago. However it is not peculiar to the islands, for I met with it at Mogadore on the opposite coast of Africa. ~~ Genus 399. QUEDIUS. (Leach) Steph., Zi. Brit. Ent. v. 215 (1832). § I. Oculi minores. Antenne pedesque robusta, tarsis anticis latissime dilatatis. 1338. Quedius angustifrons. Quedius angustifrons, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 563 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can., Gom.), in sylvaticis subsylvaticisque in- termediis rarissimus. A Canarian Quedius which appears to be extremely rare, occur- ring in damp spots of intermediate altitudes. Hitherto it has been taken only in Grand Canary and Gomera. 1339. Quedius fulgidus. Staphylinus fulgidus, Fab., Mant. Ins. i. 220 (1787). Quedius fulgidus, Lrich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 525 (1839). , Kraatz, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. ii. 492 (1856). » Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 563 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom.), in intermediis rarissimus. The European Q. fulgidus occurs very sparingly at the Canaries, having been taken in the intermediate districts of Teneriffe and Gomera. In the former island, I met with it in the laurel-woods at Las Mercedes; and it was captured by the Messrs. Crotch in the Pinal above Ycod el Alto. § II. Oculi maximi, prominentes. Antenne pedesque graciliora, iarsis anticis multo minus dilatatis. (Raphirus, Steph.) 1340. Quedius megalops. Quedius megalops, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 564 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can., Ten., Gom., Palma, Hierro), sub quisqui- liis in intermediis preesertim sylvaticis, late sed parce diffusus. Widely though sparingly diffused over the intermediate -altitudes of the Canarian Group, where it occurs beneath vegetable refuse STAPHYLINID&. 487. both in sylvan and subsylvan spots. It has been taken in Grand Canary, Teneriffe, Gomera (by the Messrs. Crotch), Palma, and Mierro. (Subfam. IV. STAPHYLINIDES). Genus 400. CREOPHILUS. (Kirby) Steph., IW. Brit. Ent. v. 202 (1882). 1341. Creophilus maxillosus. Staphylinus maxillosus, Linn., Syst. Nat. 421 (1758). —— — , Brullé, in Webb et "Berth. ( Col.) 60 (1838). —— ——, Woll., "Ins. Mad. 579 (1854). ae ey , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 188 (1857). Creophilus maxillosus, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 564 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P S®) et Canarienses (uert., Ten., Gom.), putrida quisquiliasque in inferioribus colens; forsan ex Europa introductus. This common European insect is widely spread over these islands— where it occurs chiefly (amongst putrid substances, whether animal or vegetable) in the lower districts near the towns, and where most likely it has been established from more northern latitudes. It has been taken in Madeira proper and Porto Santo, as well as in Fuerte- ventura, Teneriffe, and Gomera. In the last-mentioned island, the Messrs. Crotch met with it rather abundantly “under dead silk- worms.” Genus 401. OCYPUS. (Kirby) Steph., IU. Brit. Ent. v. 211 (1882). 1342. Ocypus olens. Staphylinus olens, Mill., Faun. Fridr. 23 (1767). — , Brullé, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 59 (1888). Ocypus olens, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 405 (1839). ——, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 564 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (ins. omnes), in inferioribus intermediisque sat vulgaris. It is somewhat singular that this common European insect should be quite universal in the Canaries, and yet absent from the Madeiran Group. I haye myself captured it in all the islands of the former except Gomera, where however it was found by Dr. Crotch.. It occurs for the most part at rather low, but occasionally at inter- mediate, altitudes. 488 - STAPHYLINIDE. 1343. Ocypus brachypterus. Staphylinus brachypterus, Brullé, in Webb et Berth. ( Col.) 59 pie Ocypus brachypterus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 565 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (T'en.), hinc inde in sylvaticis editioribus. A large Canarian Ocypus which has been observed hitherto only in Teneriffe, where it occurs in the sylvan districts of intermediate and lofty elevations. It is totally distinct from the European species which has usually been referred to M. Brullé’s brachypterus. 1344. Ocypus affinis. Ocypus affinis, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 566 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten.?, Palma), in locis similibus ac precedens. Also Canarian, and found in much the same kind of places as the last species; though I have myself met with it only in the island of Palma. I possess a single example, however, from the collection of M. Hartung, which was labelled “Teneriffe ;’’ and as it differs a little (chiefly in colour) from my Palman types, I am inclined to suspect that its professed habitat is probably correct. The O. affinis is a little smaller and narrower than the brachypterus, and its punc- tation is stronger and less dense ; its head is convexer and rather less developed, its central prothoracic line is less conspicuous, its elytra are not quite so abbreviated, and its limbs are of a clearer hue. 1345. Ocypus umbricola. Ocypus umbricola, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 566 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), in sylvaticis editioribus parce occurrens. Likewise a Canarian species, and observed hitherto only in the sylvan districts of Teneriffe—where it occurs sparingly at inter- mediate and lofty altitudes. It is found both in the laurel-woods and in the Pinals, but is more partial to the former than to the latter. 1346. Ocypus curtipennis. Ocypus curtipennis, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 567 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can.),in sylvaticis subsylvaticisque deprehensus. Taken by myself in the intermediate elevations of Grand Canary, both in the region of El Monte and in the laurel-district between Osorio and Guia. STAPHYLINID&. 489 1347. Ocypus sylvaticus. Ocypus sylvaticus, Woll., Append. huj. op. 72. Habitat Canarienses (Gom.), in montibus sylvaticis supra oppidulum Hermigua 4 DD. Crotch repertus. Peculiar apparently to the sylvan districts of Gomera—where it was taken by the Messrs. Crotch, during their late Canarian cam- paign, on the mountains above Hermigua. q 1348. Ocypus atratus. Ocypus atratus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 567 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert.), hine inde sub lapidibus. Detected hitherto only in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, the two eastern islands of the Canarian Group, where it occurs sparingly beneath stones and refuse. In the former it was taken by Mr. Gray, and in the latter by myself and M, Hartung. It has much the prima facie appearance of the European O. ater; but apart from the minor distinctions which have been pointed out in my Canarian Catalogue, its mandibles are s¢mple internally. 1349. Ocypus subenescens. Staphylinus fuscatus?, Br. [nec Grav. |, in Webb et Ber. ( Col.) 60 (1838). Ocypus subzenescens, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 567 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can., Ten., Hierro), ab ora maritimé usque ad 6000’ s. m. ascendens. A Canarian Ocypus which most likely will be found to be universal throughout the central and western islands of the Group, where it would appear to take the place of the Lanzarotan and Fuerteventuran O. punctatissimus. Nevertheless it has been observed as yet only in Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and Hierro. It is independent of elevation ; for in Teneriffe I have met with it from the sea-level to an altitude of about 6000 feet. 1350. Ocypus punctatissimus. Ocypus punctatissimus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 568 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert.), sub lapidibus, passim. Universal, but not very abundant, throughout Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, the two eastern islands of the Canarian archipelago —where it occurs, beneath stones and refuse, at most altitudes. It 490 STAPHYLINIDA. is extremely near to. the European O. cupreus, of which I feel very doubtful whether it is more than a geographical modification. Genus 402. PHILONTHUS. | (Leach) Steph., IU, Brit. Ent. v. 226 (1882). § I. Prothoracis seriebus dorsalibus e punctis 4 compositis. 1351. Philonthus eneus. Staphylinus eeneus, Rosst, Fna Etrusc. i. 249 (1790). Philonthus seneus, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 437 (1889). , Woll., Ins. Mad. 580 (1854). — ——, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 188 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Salvages (ins. majorem, borealem), sat rarus. This common European (indeed almost cosmopolitan) Philonthus occurs sparingly in Madeira proper, at most elevations; and a single example has been communicated by the Barao do Castello de Paiva, which he received from the Great Salvage. Like many of the Philonthi, it is an insect easy of transportation (in various ways) by human agency; and I have little doubt, therefore, that it has become established in these islands from more northern latitudes. 1352. Philonthus umbratilis. Staphylinus umbratilis, Grav., Col. Micropt. 170 (1802). Philonthus umbratilis, Woll., Ins. Mad. 581 (1854). , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 189 (1857). — — , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 569 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Zen.), in humidis raris- simus. Likewise a European Philonthus, and one which is found very sparingly both in the Madeiran and Canarian Groups. I have taken it in damp places, at low and intermediate elevations, in Madeira proper; and I also met with a single example of it, near S‘* Cruz, in Teneriffe. 1353. Philonthus varius. Staphylinus varius, Gyll., Ins. Suec. ii. 821 (1810). , Mann., Brachél. 28 (1831). Philonthus varius, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 447 (1839). , Kraatz, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. ii. 583 (1856). Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), & DD. Crotch semel deprehensus. oes A single example of the European P. varius was taken by the STAPHYLINID&A. ; 49] Messrs. Crotch in Teneriffe, during their late Canarian campaign ; but it is the only one that I have yet seen from these Atlantic islands, 1354. Philonthus sordidus. Staphylinus sordidus, Grav., Col. Micropt. 176 (1802). Philonthus sordidus, Woll., "Ins. Mad. 582 (1854). — — , ld, Cat. "Mad. Col. 189 oe: Habitat siilaine (Mad., Des. ) et Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert., Ten., Palma, Hierro), hine inde sub quisquiliis. Also a European species, and one which is sparingly (though very widely) distributed over these islands. I have taken it in Madeira proper and the Deserta Grande, of the Madeiran Group ; as well as in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Teneriffe, and Palma, of the Canarian ; and it was found in Hierro by the Messrs. Crotch. 1355. Philonthus xantholoma. Staphylinus xantholoma, Grrav., Mon. 41 (1806). Cafius xantholoma, Steph., Ill. Brit. Ent. v. 246 (1832). Philonthus xantholoma, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 452 (1839). , Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 570 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert., Can.), per oras arenosas mariti- mas sub fucis et rejectamentis parum vulgaris. Rather abundant along the sandy sea-shores in the eastern parts of the Canarian archipelago, where (as in more northern latitudes) it occurs beneath fuct and other marine rejectamenta ; but it has not yet been observed in the Madeiran Group, though I met with it commonly at Mogadore on the opposite coast of Morocco. It has been taken in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, and Grand Canary. 1356. Philonthus thermarum. Philonthus thermarum, Awbé, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de Fr. 316 (1850). exilis, Kraatz, in Stett. Ent. Zeit. xii. 292 (1851). thermarum, Jd., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. ii. 608 (1856). — — , Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. vi. 102 (1860). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub quisquiliis in inferioribus parce lectus. I have taken this little European Philonthus, though very spa- ringly, around Funchal in Madeira proper ; and two or three examples of it were met with likewise by the late Mr. Bewicke. 492 STAPHYLINIDZ. § IL. Prothoracis seriebus dorsalibus e punctis 5 compositis. 1357. Philonthus bipustulatus. Staphylinus bipustulatus, Pnz., Fna Ins. Germ. 27. 10 (1795). Philonthus bipustulatus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 583 (1854). » Id., Cat. Mad Col. 189 (1857). —— — , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 570 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P% S¢%) et Canarienses (ins. omnes), in stercore vulgaris. ; This common European species is doubtless universal throughout these Atlantic Groups, where it occurs in the dung of cattle at most elevations. It has been taken in Madeira proper and Porto Santo, as well as in the whole seven islands of the Canarian archipelago. 1358. Philonthus scybalarius. Philonthus scybalarius, Nordm., Symbol. 94 (1838). varians, Woll., Ins. Mad. 583 (1854). scybalarius, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 189 (1857). —— —, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 571 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P S?) et Canarienses (Lanz., Ten., Gom., Palma, Merro), in locis fere similibus ac preecedens. Found in much the same places as the last species, to which indeed it is most nearly allied. Like it, it has been taken in Madeira proper and Porto Santo; but in the Canaries, where we may be equally sure that it is universal, it does not happen to have been observed in either Fuerteventura or Grand Canary—although it has been captured, more or less abundantly, in the remaining five islands of the Group. It was met with by the late Mr. Bewicke even at Ascension, where however it must doubtless have been naturalized from higher latitudes, 1359. Philonthus marcidus. Staphylinus politus?, Brullé [nec Grav. ], in W. et B. ( Col.) 60 (1888). Philonthus marcidus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col, 571 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (ins. omnes), ab ori maritima usque ad 9000’ s.m. ascendens. Inter quisquilias, preesertim sub foliis putridis Opuntie Tune, sese occultare delectat. A universal Philonthus throughout the Canarian archipelago, in the whole seven islands of which I have myself captured it; but it has not yet been observed elsewhere. It occurs beneath decaying vegetable refuse at nearly all elevations, and is particularly partial STAPHYLINID®. 493 to the sodden leaves of the Opuntia Tuna (or Prickly Pear)—in spots where they have been thrown away in masses, and allowed to rot. 1360. Philonthus proximus. Philonthus proximus, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 189 (1857). —— — , ld., Cat. Can. Col. 573 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P# S‘) et Canarienses (Zen., Gom.), in stercore et sub quisquiliis minus frequens. Scattered sparingly over the Madeiran and Canarian Groups, where it occurs for the most part in the dung of cattle and at rather low elevations. It has been taken in Madeira proper and Porto Santo, as well as in Teneriffe and Gomera. A Teneriffan specimen is now before me which, if its differences are not mere sexual ones, might almost be the exponént of a sepa- rate species. It recedes from Gomeran and Madeiran individuals with which I have compared it in being a little smaller, with its head just perceptibly less rotundate, its eyes less developed, its elytra ° and limbs rather darker, its front feet more dilated, and its entire sculpture (including the large punctures on the prothorax, and the smaller asperated ones on the scutellum and elytra) somewhat less coarse *, 1361. Philonthus discoideus. Staphylinus discoideus, Grav., Col. Micropt. 38 (1802). Philonthus discoideus, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 474 (1839). —_, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 190 (1857). — — , I, Cat. Can. Col. 573 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert., Ten., Gom.), sub quisquiliis, passim. Although far from common, the European P. discoideus will pro- bably be found to be well nigh universal throughout these Atlantic islands; where it occurs, beneath dung and vegetable refuse, at low and intermediate altitudes. Hitherto however it has been taken * This particular state is what I alluded to in the diagnosis given in my Canarian Catalogue, as follows: ‘“ Variat (rarius) antennis pedibusque paulo obscurioribus.” But since it is not impossible that it may prove ultimately to 3 a ae though closely-allied species, I will further record it in this short ormula :— Var. 8. fortunatus [an species?]. Paulo minor et sensim levius sculpturatus, capite vix minus rotundato, oculis minoribus, elytris, antennis pedibusque sub- obscurioribus, tarsis anticis (an in utroque sexu?) latioribus. Long. corp. lin. 2}. I need scarcely repeat that the whole of these small characters may be sexual ones; nevertheless the specimen from which they have been compiled is hardly likely to be the only male one, out of the many which I have examined. 494 STAPHYLINIDE. only in Madeira proper—and in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Teneriffe, and Gomera, of the Canarian Group. Its detection in Gomera is due to the researches of the Messrs. Crotch. § IIL. Prothoracis seriebus dorsalibus e punctis 6 compositis. 1362. Philonthus simulans. Philonthus simulans, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 190 (1857). —— — , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 574 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Can., Ten., Gom., Palma, Hierro), in intermediis humidis sylvaticis, presertim lauretis, late diffusus. Widely spread over the sylvan districts both of the Madeiran and Canarian Groups, being more particularly common in the damp laurel- woods of intermediate and rather lofty elevations. It occurs beneath stones, fallen leaves, and decaying vegetable refuse,—but not (so far as I have yet observed) in watery places by the edges of the streams, ' as is so frequently the case with its near ally the P. nigritulus. It has been taken in Madeira proper, and in all the Canarian islands except the two eastern ones (Lanzarote and Fuerteventura). In Gomera its discovery is due to the Messrs. Crotch, who found it abundantly in the laurel-region above Hermigua. I have remarked that it has a somewhat curious habit, when captured, of counterfeit- ing death by bending its head against its prosternum, and partially curving its abdomen downwards (like a Xantholinus)—a peculiarity which I have never yet detected in the P. nigritulus. 1363. Philonthus nigritulus, Staphylinus nigritulus e¢ aterrimus, Grav., Col. Mieropt. 41 (1802). Philonthus aterrimus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 584 (1854). nigritulus, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 191 (1857). — » Id., Cat. Can. Col. 574 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P® S) et Canarienses (Zanz., Can., Ten., Gom., Palma), sub quisquiliis necnon inter lapillos ad margines aquarum vulgaris. The P. nigritulus, so common throughout Europe, is doubtless universal (or nearly so) in these Atlantic Groups—where it abounds beneath vegetable refuse, as well as under stones at the edges of the streams and pools. It has been taken in Madeira proper and Porto Santo, as well as in all the Canarian islands except Fuerteventura and Hierro—occurring at most elevations, and not (like the P. simu- lans) only at intermediate and lofty ones. STAPHYLINIDA. 495 § IV. Prothoracis seriebus dorsalibus e punctis 7 vel 8 compositis. 1364. Philonthus punctipennis. he unctipennis, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 192 (1857). aa hie Cat, Can. Col. 575 (1864). Habitat M sdosessnes (Mad.) et Canarienses (Can., Gom.), sub lapi- dibus in humidis rarior. A noble Philonthus which occurs sparingly, at low and interme- diate altitudes, both in the Madeiran and Canarian Groups. In the former it was taken by the late Mr. Bewicke (from beneath stones), in the partially dried river-bed at S‘* Cruz, as well as by Mr. F. A. Anderson near Funchal; whilst in the latter it has been captured— by myself (at a rather high elevation) in Grand Canary, and by the Messrs. Crotch (about “‘ Yam-grounds and streams”) in Gomera. § V. Prothorax (et caput) plus minus erebre punctatus (lined medida longitudinali levi). 1365. Philonthus sericeus. Remus sericeus, Holme, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. ii. 64 (1837). —— ——,, Steph., Man. 401 (1839). Philonthus sericeus, Hrich., Gen, et Spec. Staph. 509 (1839). — — , Woll., Cat. Can. Col, 576 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert., Can.), per oras arenosas mari- timas, hine inde sub rejectamentis. As in more northern latitudes, the P. sericeus occurs beneath marine rejectamenta along the sandy shores of the Canarian Group ; but it has not yet been observed in the Madeiras. It was taken by Mr. Gray and myself in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, and by the Messrs. Crotch near Las Palmas in Grand Canary. Like most of the maritime Coleoptera, it appears to have a rather wide geographical range. 1366. Philonthus tenellus. Philonthus tenellus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 576 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom.), inter lapillos per margines aqua- rum in inferioribus intermediisque sese occultans. A small and filiform Philonthus which has been detected hitherto only in the Canarian Group, where it occurs amongst wet shingle along the edges of the streams at low and intermediate altitudes. I have taken it near S* Cruz in Teneriffe, and it was found by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera. 496 | STAPHYLINIDA. 1367. Philonthus filiformis. — Philonthus filiformis, Woll., Ins. Mad. 585 (1854). —, Id., Cat. Mad. Col, 192 (1857). Habitat Madeseaees (Mad.), in humidis intermediis rarissimus. Apparently the Madeiran representative of the last species, to which it is very closely allied—though the several constant cha- racters which separate it therefrom have been pointed out in my Canarian Catalogue. In reality it is perhaps still more akin to the European P. procerulus, of which indeed it is possible that it may be but a geographical state. Hitherto I have observed it only in damp spots of intermediate altitudes in Madeira proper, where moreover it would seem to be extremely rare. 1368. Philonthus xantholinoides. Philonthus xantholinoides, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 577 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (7'en.), inter lapillos ad marginem paludis cujus- dam juxta urbem Sancte Crucis semel lectus. A single example of this distinct little Canarian Philonthus was taken by myself amongst wet shingle, in the Barranco Santo, near S* Cruz, in Teneriffe; but it is all that I have yet seen. (Subfam. V. XANTHOLINIDES.) Genus 403. XANTHOLINUS. Dahl, in Encyclop. Méthod. x. 475 (1825). 1369. Xantholinus marginalis. Xantholinus marginalis, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. i. 187 (1862). , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 578 (1864). Habitat Canaries (Lanz., Fuert., Gom.), rarissimus ; in Huphorbiis emortuis putridis degens. Attached to the rotting Huphorbia-stems in the Canarian Group, where it would appear to be rare. It was captured by Mr. Gray and myself in the north of Lanzarote, by myself in the little islet of Lobos (off the north of Fuerteventura), and a single specimen was taken by Dr. Crotch (out of a Euphorbia canariensis) in Gomera. Although smaller than that insect, with its head and prothoracic series much more densely punctured, and with the margin of its pronotum diluted in hue (particularly behind), this fine Xantholinus (in its brightly rufo-testaceous elytra) has much the general colour- ing of the European X. glabratus. STAPHYLINIDA. 497 1370. Xantholinus hesperius. * Xantholinus Hesperius, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 329 (1889). —— limbatus, Waltl [x [nec Kha, 1833], Letse, 57 (1835). hesperius, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. vi. 100 (1860). , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 578 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses(Can., Ten., Palma), passim. A Xantholinus of south-western Europe which is widely, though sparingly, distributed over these Atlantic islands—where in all pro- ability it is nearly universal. It occurs around Funchal, in Madeira proper; and I have taken it in Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and Palma, of the Canarian Group. 1371. Xantholinus linearis. Staphylinus linearis, Oliv., Ent. iii. 42. 19 (1795). Xantholinus linearis, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 332 (1839). , Woll., Ins. Mad. 577 (1854). —— —., ; Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 188 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub lapidibus quisquiliisque, pecan in intermediis graminosis. The common European X. linearis occurs at intermediate altitudes in Madeira proper, principally beneath stones in grassy spots; but it has not yet been observed in any of the other islands. 1372. Xantholinus punctulatus. Staphylinus punctulatus, Payk., Mon. Staph. Suec. 30 (1789). a unctulatus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 577 (1854). a. Cat. Mad. Col. 188 (1857). — —., , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 579 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Lanz., Ten., Gom.), sub quisquiliis atque etiam in stercore bovino, plerumque in inter- mediis Likewise a common European insect, and one which is more widely diffused over these islands than the X. linearis,—occurring both in the Madeiran and Canarian Groups. It is found beneath vegetable refuse, and even in the dung of cattle, principally at intermediate elevations; under which circumstances it is rather abundant in Madeira proper. In the Canaries, however, it would appear to be more scarce ; nevertheless it has been taken in Lanzarote, Teneriffe, and Gomera. Genus 404. LEPTACINUS. Erichson, Kaf. der Mark. Brand. i. 429 (1837). 2 kK 498 STAPHYLINID. 1378. Leptacinus parumpunctatus. Staphylinus parumpunctatus, Gyil., Ins. Suec. iv. 481 (1827). Leptacinus parumpunctatus, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 353 (1889). , Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. viii. 107 (1861). : —— —, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 579 (1864). ; Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (ins. omnes), sub quisqui- liis et preecipue sub recremento ad basin acervorum foeni sparso passim. | A European Leptacinus which is widely diffused over these Atlantic Groups, though apparently nowhere common. It was found by the late Mr. Bewicke, beneath hay-stack refuse, at the Palheiro, in Ma- deira proper; and it has been taken in the whole seven islands of the Canarian archipelago. Its detection in Hierro is due to the late researches of the Messrs. Crotch. 1374. Leptacinus linearis. Staphylinus linearis, Grav., Col. Micropt. 43 (1802). . Leptacinus linearis, Kraatz, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. ii. 649 (1857). , Woll., Ann, Nat. Hist. vi. 101 (1860). —— — , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 580 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Lanz., Ten.), in locis similibus ac preecedens. Also European, and found in much the same kind of places in these islands as the last species; though hitherto it does not happen to . have been observed quite so generally. It was taken by the late Mr. Bewicke, from beneath the refuse of a hay-stack at 8. Antonio da Serra, in Madeira proper; and it has been found in Lanzarote and Teneriffe, of the Canarian Group. | Genus 405. OTHIUS. (Leach) Steph., Z//. Brit. Ent. y. 253 (1882). 1375. Othius strigulosus. Othius strigulosus, Woil., Ins. Mad. 575 (1854). » Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 186 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub lapidibus lignoque putrido per re- giones sylvaticas diffusus, A large and remarkable Othius which seems to be peculiar to the moist sylvan districts of Madeira proper, where it secretes itself beneath stones and logs of rotting wood at intermediate and lofty altitudes—occurring, usually, in the dampest spots. STAPHYLINIDA. 499 1376. Othius Jansoni. Othius Jansoni, Woll., Ins. Mad. 576 (1854). —— et vestitus, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 186, 187 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in intermediis editioribusque sylvaticis degens. Found in the wooded regions of Madeira proper, under much the same circumstances as the O. strigulosus, and being somewhat the rarer of the two. It differs slightly at the upper and lower limits of its range, being on the average a little larger and more pubescent in the lofty districts than in the less elevated ones ; and it was the state from the former that I described, in my Madeiran Catalogue, under the name of vestitus. Subsequent material, however, has inclined me to think that these extreme phases merge into each other too completely to be regarded as specifically distinct ; and I have consequently suppressed the more recent title, retaining the prior one, 1377. Othius brevicornis. Othius brevicornis, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 187 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Des.), in summo insule semel deprehensus. A single example of this Othius was captured by myself (during | June 1855) on the summit of the Deserta Grande, in the Madeiran Group. It is much allied to the O. Jansoni, but its narrower out- line and shorter elytra and antennee, in conjunction with its slightly less developed head, would seem to indicate that it is truly distinct from that species. 1378. Othius brachypterus. Othius brachypterus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 580 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Gom.), 4 DD. Crotch sub foliis dejectis in lauretis captus. Found hitherto only in Gomera, of the Canarian Group, where a single example was first detected by Dr. Crotch during the spring of 1862; and where three more were obtained by himself and his brother, in the summer of 1864. They were taken beneath fallen leaves in the laurel-districts above Hermigua. 1379. Othius philonthoides. Othius philonthoides, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 581 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can., Ten.), in sylvaticis subsylvaticisque, vel lauretis vel pinetis, rarissimus. 2x 2 500 STAPHYLINIDA. Likewise a Canarian Othius, and equally rare with the preceding one, occurring in sylvan and subsylvan spots of intermediate and lofty elevations. I have taken it in the district of El Monte in Grand Canary, and it was found by the Messrs. Crotch in the Pinal above Ycod el Alto in Teneriffe. (Subfam. VI. PAEDERIDES.) Genus 406. ACHENIUM. (Leach) Curtis, Brit. Ent. iii. 115 (1826). 1380. Achenium Hartungii. Achenium Hartungii (Heer), Woll., Ins. Mad. 587 (1854). ——, Id., Cat. Mad, Col. 193 (1857), Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P# §%), rarissimum; in locis subinfe- rioribus, sive paululum elevatis, parcissime occurrens. Found at a rather low elevation in Madeira proper and Porto Santo, but exceedingly rare. Indeed the only locality in the former of those islands in which it has hitherto been observed is the neigh- bourhood of the Cabo Garajio, or Brazen Head, about two miles to the eastward of Funchal. I am very doubtful whether it is more than a geographical phasis of the European A. depressum,—from which it seems to differ merely in its head, eyes, and antenne being just appreciably more developed ; in the punctures of its head and prothorax being perceptibly coarser; and in its elytra being less shining, of a more uniform rufo-piceous hue (being less dark in front, and less pale posteriorly), and with their subasperated punc- tures perhaps a little larger, but at the same time somewhat more confused (or less sharply defined). 1381. Achenium subcecum. Achenium subceecum, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 581 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Zanz.), rarissimum; sub lapide quodam in montibus semel captum. The only example of this remarkable, and very pale, Canarian Acheniwm which has yet come beneath my notice was taken by my- self (from under a stone) on the mountains in the north of Lanzarote. Its completely apterous body, much abbreviated elytra, and almost obsolete eyes (which are so diminutive and punctiform as to be quite imperceptible from above) give it a character peculiarly its own. STAPHYLINIDA. 501 1382. Achenium salinum. Achenium salinum, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 582 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Zanz.), ad marginem lacus ejus salini “J anuvio” dicti semel deprehensum. Likewise Lanzarotan, and unique, but of totally different habits to the last species—a single example having been captured by myself at the edge of the salt lake of Januvio (which adjoins the south- western coast), running rapidly over the mud in the hot sunshine. Genus 407. LATHROBIUM. Gravenhorst, Col. Micropt. 179 (1802). 1383. Lathrobium labile. Lathrobium labile, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 594 (1839). , Woll., Cat. Can. Col, 583 (1864). Habitat ee (Ten.), inter lapillos humidos ad margines aquarum in inferioribus sese occultare delectans. A small and narrow Lathrobium of Mediterranean latitudes which — occurs sparingly, at a low elevation, in the Canarian Group. Tene- riffe, however, is the only island in which it has hitherto been cap- tured—where I met with several examples of it, amongst wet shingle, at the edges of a little pool in the Barranco Santo, near S* Cruz. 1384. Lathrobium multipunctatum. Lathrobium multipunctatum, Grav., Col. Micropt. 52 (1802). — — , Woll., Toe Mad. 588 (1854). —— ———, ; Id, Cat. Mad. Col. 08 . 857), —_ -——, ; Id, Cat. Can. Col. 583 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (T'en., Gom., Palma), hine inde in humidis, preesertim intermediis. This European Lathrobium is rather common in Madeira proper, where it occurs in damp places at most elevations; but in the Cana- ries, where it differs a little from the more northern type, it is decidedly scarce. I have captured it in Teneriffe and Palma, and it was found by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera. The Canarian examples, which I hardly think can represent more than a slight geographical variety of the species, seem to have their head and elytra just perceptibly more developed, the latter being almost (perhaps indeed quite) concolorous throughout (instead of 502 | STAPHYLINID. gradually rufescent behind), as well as rather more thickly pune- tured—with the punctures not only a trifle more closely packed together (and therefore less evidently arranged in longitudinal rows), but likewise nearly as deep on the posterior part as in front *. Genus 408. DOLICAON. Laporte, Etud. Ent, i. 119 (1834). 1385. Dolicaon nigricollis. Dolicaon nigricollis, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc, Lond. i. 188 (1862). —— ——, ld., Cat. Can. Col, 584 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Can.), vel sub lapidibus vel in Zuphorbiis emortuis occurrens, Found in Lanzarote and Grand Canary, where it occurs sparingly (at intermediate altitudes) both under stones and within the rotten Euphorbias. Judging from the published diagnosis, it seems closely allied to the European D. illyricus—of which perhaps it may prove to be but a geographical state. Even if distinct, however, it does not appear to be peculiar to the islands; for I have inspected ex- amples taken by the Rev. Hamlet Clark, at Medeah, in Algeria, which differ so very slightly from the Canarian ones (being merely a trifle more pubescent and strongly punctured) that I cannot regard them as representing more than an unimportant geographical phasis of the same species. 1386. Dolicaon ruficollis. Dolicaon ruficollis, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. i. 189 (1862). —— — , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 584 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Fuert.), in locis similibus ac preecedens. Whether this be more than a permanent insular modification of the last species I will not venture to decide; but it unquestionably has much in common with it—occurring however (so far at least as observed hitherto) in Fuerteventura, and on the adjacent rock of Lobos, instead of in Lanzarote and Grand Canary. It appears to differ from the nigricols merely in colour; nevertheless as I have seen nothing like an intermediate link between the two, I imagine * I will just however indicate this Canarian Lathrobium as follows, in the event of its proving ultimately to be specifically distinct :— Var. 6. canariensis [an species?]. Capite elytrisque vix submajoribus, his szpius concoloribus subdensius punctatis, punctis paulo minus evidenter seriatim dispositis et inter se subeequalibus (nec postice conspicue levioribus). ee STAPHYLINID&. 503 that it would not be safe to treat it absolutely as a variety of the latter. 1387. Dolicaon debilipennis. Dolicaon debilipennis, Woll., Append. huj. op. 73. Habitat Canarienses (Gom.), in lauretis humidis editioribus 4 DD. Crotch sub foliis dejectis repertus. This beautiful Canarian Dolicaon—so remarkable for its clear rufo-testaceous hue (the four basal segments of the abdomen being alone black), minute eyes, and greatly abbreviated elytra—was de- tected in Gomera by the Messrs. Crotch, who obtained several spe- cimens of it beneath fallen leaves at a high altitude in the laurel- region above Hermigua. 1388. Dolicaon Paive. Dolicaon Paivee, Woll., Append. huj. op. 73. Habitat Salvages (ins. majorem, borealem), 4 cl. Barone “Castello de Paiva” benigne communicatus, cujus in honorem nomen triviale in Appendice hujus operis proposui. A well-defined Dolicaon (remarkable for its dark concolorous body and clear rufo-ferruginous limbs) which has been communicated from the Great Salvage by my worthy friend the Bardo do Castello de Paiva, to whose unwearied diligence in the cause of science I have been indebted on several occasions for many interesting addi- tions to the Coleopterous fauna of these Atlantic islands. It would appear to be scarce, for out of large numbers of the ordinary insects which have been obtained by the Baron Paiva from those remote rocks I have secured hitherto but eight examples ; and I think there- fore that it is a worthy species to bear the name of its illustrious discoverer. Genus 409. STILICUS. Latreille, Régn. Anim. iy. 436 (1829). 1389. Stilicus affinis. Stilicus affinis, Krich., Kaf. der Mark Brand. i. 522 (1887). Rugilus affinis, Woll., ” Ins. Mad. 592 (1854). , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 195 1857). Stilicus aflinis, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 585 (1864), Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Ten.), sub lapidibus am quiliisque in intermediis degens. 504 STAPHYLINIDA. This European Stilicus is rather common in the intermediate ele- vations of Madeira proper, where it occurs beneath stones and fallen leaves; but in the Canaries it would appear to be scarce, the only specimens which I have seen being a few which were captured by Dr. Crotch in Teneriffe, during the spring of 1862. Genus 410. SCOPAUS. Erichson, Gen. et Spec. Staph. 604 (1839). 1390. Scopus trossulus. Scopeeus trossulus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 585 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Fuert., Can., Ten.), inter lapillos ad margines aquarum in inferioribus ac paululum elevatis latitans. A Canarian Scopeus which may possibly be but a geographical modification of the S. levigatus of more northern latitudes, though with several minute distinctions of its own. It seems to be very scarce, occurring amongst wet shingle at the edges of the streams at low and intermediate altitudes. I have taken it in Fuerteventura, Grand Canary, and Teneriffe. 1391. Scopz#us subopacus. Scopzeus subopacus, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. vi. 103 (1860). — ——,, ld., Append. huj. op. 74. Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub recremento ad basin acervorum foeni sparso 4 Dom. Bewicke in intermediis semel captus. The only specimen which I have yet seen of this Scopwus was captured in the intermediate elevations of Madeira proper by the late Mr. Bewicke—namely, from under haystack-refuse at 8. Antonio da Serra. Judging from the description of the Egyptian S. infirmus, it seems to be allied to that insect. The S. subopacus is of about the same size as the trossulus, but it is much darker and more opake, and a little more pubescent; its _ head is rather less straightly truncated at the base; its eyes are smaller; its prothorax is not bi-impressed behind; and its antenne are considerably more abbreviated. 1392. Scopzus nigellus. Scopeus nigellus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col, 585 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Gom.), 4 'W. D. Crotch semel deprehensus. STAPHYLINID2. 505 Likewise unique, a single example having been taken in Gomera by Dr. Crotch, during his first sojourn in the Canaries (in 1862). Genus 411. LITHOCHARIS. (Dejean) Boisd. et Lac., Faun. des Env. de Paris, i, 431 (1835). 1393. Lithocharis quadriceps. Lithocharis quadriceps, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 586 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert.), sub quisquiliis in intermediis rarior. Observed hitherto only in the eastern islands of the Canarian Group, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, where it occurs sparingly at intermediate altitudes. It has somewhat the primd facie aspect of the European L. castanea ; but the many characters which distinguish it therefrom have been pointed out in my diagnosis. 1394. Lithocharis indigena, Lithocharis indigena, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 193 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in sylvaticis humidis editioribus semel lecta. A single example of this Lithocharis was captured by myself at a high elevation in the sylvan districts of Madeira proper—namely, at the Cruzinha (nearly 5000 feet above the sea). ‘In all probability, therefore, the species is truly indigenous; and it would certainly appear to be very rare. 1395. Lithocharis fuscula. | Lithocharis fuscula (Zeigl.), Bows. et Lac., Faun. Ent. i. 431 (1835), — — , Frich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 611 (1889). — — , Woll., Ins. Mad. 589 (1854). —, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 193 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), hinc inde in humidis ac sub quisquiliis. The European ZL. fuscula is found sparingly at low and intermediate altitudes in Madeira proper, for the most part in damp places and under decaying vegetable refuse ; but it has not yet been observed in, any of the other islands. | 1396. Lithocharis subcoriacea. Lithocharis subcoriacea, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 586 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can., Ten., Gom., Palma, Hierro), inter quis- quilias vulgaris. 506 STAPHYLINID&. Widely distributed over the Canarian archipelago, in all the islands of which it has been captured except Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. It occurs at most elevations, though particularly at intermediate and lofty ones, and is locally abundant beneath vegetable refuse. 1397. Lithocharis ochracea. Peederus ochraceus, Grrav., Col. Micropt. 59 (1802). » Woll., Ins. Mad. 590 (1854). — ——,, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 193 (1857), —— ——,, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 587 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert., Ten., Gom.), sub quisquiliis hinc inde abundans. This common European Lithocharis we may expect will be found universally (or nearly so) throughout these Atlantic Groups, where it is occasionally very abundant beneath vegetable refuse. Hitherto however it has been observed only in Madeira proper, and in the Ca- narian islands of Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Teneriffe, and Gomera. 1398. Lithocharis obsoleta. Lathrobium obsoletum, Nordm., Symbol. 146 (1858). Lithocharis obsoleta, Hrich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 623 (1839). , Kraatz, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. ii. 719 (1857), brevipes, Woill., Ann. Nat. Hist. vi. 104 (1860). Habitat Maderenses (Mad,), rarior; in subinferioribus inter quis- quilias. Likewise a European species, and one which has been captured sparingly by myself and the late Mr. Bewicke in the south of Madeira proper—beneath ‘vegetable refuse, around Funchal; but it has not been observed in any of the other islands. Ina paper “on Additions to the Madeiran Coleoptera” (published in the ‘ Ann. of Nat. Hist.,’ in 1860) I described it inadverently as new, under the name of Z. brevipes,—a mistake which arose partly from my few examples being scarcely mature, as well as from the fact (which I had not seen noticed elsewhere) of the elytra of the males being a little more developed than those of the opposite sex. 1399. Lithocharis nigritula. Lithocharis nigritula?, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 625 (1889). , Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 588 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), inter lapillos ad margines aquarum in inferioribus capta. STAPHYLINIDA. 507 Two examples only of this very distinct Lithocharis, which (judging from the published description) I have little doubt is conspecific with Erichson’s L. nigritula from Sicily, have as yet come beneath my notice. They were taken by myself, at a low elevation, in Teneriffe —amongst wet shingle (in company with the Scopeus trossulus) at the edge of a small pool in the Barranco Santo, near 8* Cruz. 1400. Lithocharis tricolor. taphylinus tricolor, Mshm, Ent. Brit. 516 (1802). rhs ocharis melanoce cam Woll. {nec Fab.|, Ins. Mad. 591 (1854). — —, Id., Cat. Mad. Col, 194 (1857). —_ —_, Id., Cat. Can, Col. 588 (1864), Habitat Maderenses (in I/heo Chao soli haud observata) et Cana- rienses (ins. omnes), vulgaris. One of the most universal of the Staphylinide throughout these Atlantic Groups, where it occurs independent of elevation—though principally in the intermediate districts. I have myself captured it in all the Madeiran islands except the northern Deserta, as well as in the whole seven of the Canarian archipelago. Hitherto I have identified it with the common European ZL, melanocephala; but a recent comparison of it with types of that insect and of the closely allied tricolor, which haye been communicated by Mr. Rye, has con- vinced me that it is better referred to the latter,—its longer elytra, in conjunction with its less coarse and rather dense punctation, being more in accordance with what obtains in that species than with the true melanocephala. It is a variable insect, not only in colour but even in the greater or less development of its elytra; and therefore I do not lay much stress upon the fact that the latter are, on the average, just perceptibly larger in the Atlantic examples than is the case in the ordinary ones of more northern latitudes. 1401. Lithocharis brevipennis. Lithocharis brevipennis, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 589 (1864), Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom.), plerumque in montibus valde ex- celsis occurrens, Found sparingly in the higher altitudes of the Canarian Group, where it ascends to more than 9000 feet above the sea. I have taken it in Teneriffe (on the Cumbre overlooking the Cafiadas), and it was met with by the Messrs. Crotch both in that island and Gomera. Although I do not believe that it is any extreme modifi- 508 STAPHYLINID&. cation of the tricolor, yet occasional examples do unquestionably appear at first sight to be so far intermediate that I cannot feel absolutely certain that such may not be the case; and though its reduced elytra might seem perhaps to place it in somewhat the same relation as the true melanocephala to that species, yet it could not possibly be confounded with the latter. Thus, it is narrower, as well as more closely and finely punctured, than the melanocephala ; its elytra and antenne are even shorter still; its eyes are a little smaller; and its head is of the same colour as the prothorax (and almost the same as that of the elytra)—namely, rufo-testaceous. 1402, Lithocharis debilicornis. Lithocharis debilicornis, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col, 194 (July, 1857). brevicornis, Allard, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 747 (1857). — spgyptiace, Mots., Bull. de Mosc. 664 (1858). debilicornis, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 589 (1864), Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Ten., Palma), hine inde . sub quisquiliis, plerumque in inferioribus. This remarkable Lithocharis, which occurs also in Mediterranean latitudes, is tolerably common around Funchal in Madeira proper— where it is found amongst garden-refuse, in cultivated spots. But in the Canaries it has been met with hitherto very sparingly, the only examples which I have seen having been taken by Mr. Gray in Palma and by Dr. Crotch in Teneriffe. Genus 412. SUNIUS. (Leach) Steph., IU. Brit, Ent, v. 274 (1832). 1403. Sunius myrmecophilus. Sunius myrmecophilus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 590 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can., Ten.), nidos Myrmicarum parce colens. A somewhat thick and compact Canarian Sunius which I have taken hitherto only at rather low and intermediate altitudes in Grand Canary and Teneriffe, where it occurs sparingly within the nests of a species of Myrmica. At the Agua Mansa, in the latter of these islands, I once met with it in comparative abundance—beneath stones, in company with the ants. 1404. Sunius zquivocus. Sunius zquivocus, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. vi. 104 (1860). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), 4 Dom. M. Park semel deprehensus, + STAPHYLINIDA. 509 A single example of this Sunius, which was captured by Mr. M. Park in the south of Madeira proper, is all that I have yet seen of the species. In outline and sculpture it is very closely allied to the angustatus ; but (so far as I can judge from the evidence afforded by a solitary individual) it appears to be a little larger and less pubescent; its head and antenne are a trifle longer, with the eyes just appreciably more oval and less prominent; and its colour is altogether paler,—the elytra (which are likewise a little more deve- loped) being apparently almost concolorous, and of a lurid brownish- testaceous hue. Still, since the type from which my diagnosis was compiled may perhaps be scarcely mature, it is evident that further material must be obtained before at any rate its peculiarities of coloration can be regarded as sufficiently determined. 1405. Sunius angustatus. Staphylinus angustatus, Payk., Mon. Staph. Suec. 36 (1789). Sunius angustatus, Hrich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 640 (1889). —— — , Woll., Ins. Mad. 593 (1854). —_— ——, Id., Cat, Mad. Col. 195 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P#® S, Bugio), sub lapidibus preecipue in intermediis latens. The European S. angustatus is rather common in the Madeiran archipelago, where it occurs beneath stones and rubbish—principally at intermediate elevations. I have captured it in Madeira proper, Porto Santo, and on the southern Deserta; so that we may be almost sure that it is universal throughout the Group. But it has not yet been observed in the Canaries. 1406. Sunius bimaculatus. Sunius bimaculatus, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 641 (1839). — — , Woil., Ins. Mad. 594 (1854). —,, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 195 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in salinis inferioribus rarissimus. Found sparingly at the lowest elevations in Madeira proper, behind the sea-beach,—having been detected hitherto only in saline spots at the Praia Formosa, near Funchal. It appears to be conspecific with Erichson’s S. bimaculatus from Sardinia (and probably also from other parts of the Mediterranean district); and although the black patch on the disk of each of its elytra is usually well defined, examples sometimes occur (especially when immature) which are altogether pale. 510 STAPHYLINID. 1407. Sunius pallidulus. Sunius pallidulus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 591 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom.), & W. D. Crotch parce captus. Hitherto I have seen but three specimens of this Canarian Sunius. They were captured by Dr. Crotch, during the spring of 1862, in Teneriffe and Gomera. 1408. Sunius dimidiatus. Sunius dimidiatus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 591 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can., Ten., Gom., Hierro), in inferioribus in- termediisque szepius degens. Widely spread over the Canarian archipelago, but with a lower range (on the average) than the following species; for whilst it occurs equally with the megacephalus in the intermediate districts, it descends likewise to the sea-level. I have taken it in Grand Canary, Teneriffe, Gomera, and Hierro, in the last three of which islands it was found also by the Messrs, Crotch. 1409. Sunius megacephalus, Sunius megacephalus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 590 (1864). Halitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom., Palma, Hierro), in intermediis editioribusque usque ad 9000’ s. m. ascendens. Found at intermediate and lofty elevations in the Canarian Group, where it ascends to about 9000 feet above the sea. I have taken it in Teneriffe and Palma, and it was found by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera and Hierro. The Gomeran specimens have their elytra a trifle longer than those from the other islands, and perhaps not quite so coarsely punctured; but there is nothing about them to warrant the suspicion that they represent more than a slight insular phasis of the megacephalus*. The S. megacephalus belongs to the same type of form as a Swiss species in my collection which I believe to be the pulchellus of Heer. In colouring and general facies, indeed, it resembles that insect very closely ; but its sculpture is coarser and less dense; its surface is not quite so opake, or so minutely pubescent ; its head is rather more oblong (or less quadrate), and less straightly truncated at the base ; * T will, however, just record this state of the megacephalus in the following short formula :— dae Var. 8. gomerensis.—Elytris paululum longioribus et vix subtilius punctatis. STAPHYLINIDA. 511 its prothorax is altogether smaller, and less expanded anteriorly ; and its elytra are less straightened at the sides, and less depressed. \ Genus 413. MECOGNATHUS. Wollaston, Ins. Mad. 595 (1854). 1410. Mecognathus chimera, Mecognathus Chimera, Woll., Ins. Mad. 596, tab. xiii. £. 8 (1854). —— -—, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 196 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in sylvaticis humidis editioribus, pre- sertim lauretis, sub lapidibus lignoque putrido sese occultans. Peculiar apparently to the sylvan districts of Madeira proper, where it occurs beneath stones and pieces of rotting wood at intermediate and lofty elevations. Like the allied Sunii it runs with amazing velocity, and is more particularly attached to moist spots in the thickest parts of the forest. | (Subfam. VII. STENIDES.) Genus 414. STENUS., Latreille, Précis des Caract. 77 (1796). § I. Abdomen marginatum. a. Tarsi articulo quarto simpler. 1411. Stenus guttula. Stenus guttula, Miill., in Germ. Mag. iv. 225 (1821). ——., Woll., Ins. Mad. 597 (1854). —— — , I., Cat. Mad. Col. 196 (1857). —— — , Id., Cat. Can, Col. 592 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P‘S%) et Canarienses (Oan.,Ten.,Palma), ad margines aquarum plerumque in intermediis. The European S. guttula is common in the Madeiran Group, where it occurs along the edges of the streams (and in wet places generally) at rather low and intermediate altitudes. It has been taken in Ma- deira proper and Porto Santo, but is much more abundant in the former than in the latter. In the Canaries, on the other hand, it ‘seems decidedly to be scarce—the few specimens which I have yet seen having been captured by myself in the intermediate districts of Grand Canary, Teneriffe (where I believe that it was found likewise by the Messrs. Crotch), and Palma. I met with it also at Mogadore, on the opposite coast of Africa. 512 STAPHYLINIDA. 1412. Stenus Rogeri. Stenus providus, Woll. [nec ? Erich., 1837], Ins. Mad. 598 (1854). —— ——,, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 196 (1857). —— Rogeri, Kraatz, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. ii. 764 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad. ), in locis similibus ac praecedens, sed rarior. Found rather sparingly in Madeira proper, in damp places gene- rally, and for the most part at intermediate altitudes. I have hitherto regarded it as identical with the European S. providus, but I am informed by Mr. Rye that it accords better with the Rogeri of Kraatz. The question however is merely one of names, for it is the latter species to which I had myself referred it; only (like most other Coleopterists) I had assumed that “ species” to be Erichson’s pro- vidus—instead of the subsequently described S. Rogeri *, 1413. Stenus undulatus. Stenus undulatus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 599 (1854). —, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 197 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), ad rupes aquosas, presertim in lutosis juxta radices Marchantie polymorphe ibidem crescentes, sat rarus. A very remarkable Stenus which seems to be peculiar to Madeira proper, where it is found about wet rocks and in the muddy deposits at the edges of the trickling streams and waterfalls (especially amongst the dripping masses of Marchantia polymorpha) at inter- mediate and lofty altitudes. In the north of the island however, where it principally occurs, it descends likewise to a low elevation. b. Zarsi articulo quarto bilobo (sed tamen angusto). 1414. Stenus eneotinctus. Stenus seneotinctus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 592 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can., Ten., Gom., Palma, Hierro), in intermediis humidis sylvaticis late diffusus. * There would indeed seem to be some little doubt whether the true providus (whatsoever it may be) 7s unquestionably distinct from the Rogeri; but as the former is probably identical with the /ustrator from the Pyrenees, I should be rather inclined to suspect that the two are not absolutely conspecific. Neverthe- less if it should ultimately be demonstrated that they do not differ, the title of providus (as being the older one) would of course have to be adopted. On the other hand, if further investigation proves them to be really distinct, it is still possible that the Madeiran insect (which recedes from the typical Rogeri in being a trifle larger) may be the true providus, after all, and identical with the Pyrenean species. STAPHYLINIDA. 518 Widely spread over the intermediate and rather lofty elevations of the Canarian archipelago, where it is locally common in moist spots within the sylvan and subsylvan districts. It has been taken in all the islands of the Group except Lanzarote and Fuerteventura *. § Il. Abdomen immarginatum ; tarsi articulo quarto bilobo. 1415. Stenus fulvescens. Stenus Heeri, var. 8., Woll., Ins. Mad. 600 (1854), —— fulvescens, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 198 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), hinc inde sub quisquiliis foliisque dejectis in sylvaticis humidis editioribus. Occurs in the damp sylvan districts of Madeira proper, principally at a high elevation, where however it is somewhat scarce. It is found beneath stones, logs of wood, fallen leaves, and other decaying vegetable refuse. 1416. Stenus Heeri. Stenus Heeri, Woll., Ins. Mad. 600 (1854). —— —, Id., Cat. Mad. Col, 198 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in locis similibus ac preecedens. Found in much the same places as the last species, and often in - company with it, being pretty general throughout the sylvan districts of Madeira proper. 1417. Stenus cicindeloides. Stenus cicindeloides, Grav., Col. Micropt. 155. , Brich., Gen. et Spee. Staph. 734 (1839). , Kraatz, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. ii. 795 (1857). hydropathicus, Wod., Cat. Mad. Col. 197 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in humidis necnon ad rupes aquosas in inferioribus locisque paululum elevatis rarissimus. The common European S. cicindeloides occurs very rarely in Madeira proper, though hitherto it has been observed only in the north of the island. I have captured it at the edges of the water- falls, and about wet rocks, near Sao Vicente and Porto Moniz; and it was found by the late Mr. Bewicke at S* Anna. * The S. eneotinctus is extremely variable in stature, though its other cha- racters seem tolerably constant. Some of the specimens which have been taken by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera are larger than any that I had previously in- spected ; so that its length may be cited as from 14 to 24 lines (instead of “ 1% to 2,” as indicated in my Canarian Catalogue). 2 Ls 514 STAPHYLINIDA. (Subfam. VIII. OXYTELIDES.) © Genus 415, BLEDIUS. (Leach) Steph., Ill, Brit. Ent. v. 307 (1882). 1418. Bledius januvianus. Bledius januvianus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col, 595 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz.), rarissimus; ad marginem lacus ejus salini “ Januyio” dicti parce deprehensus. The few specimens which I have yet seen of this large Canarian Bledius, which perhaps may be but a greatly developed state of the European B. bicornis, were captured by myself in Lanzarote—at the edges of the salt lake of Januvio, adjoining the south-western shore of that island. A species very nearly allied to it, but of a much darker hue, was met with by the Messrs. Crotch on the opposite coast of Morocco. 1419. Bledius cornutissimus. Bledius cornutissimus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 594 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert.), in Salinis necnon per oras are- nosas maritimas sub rejectamentis parcissime fodiens, Likewise Canarian, and found in the eastern portion of the Group —where however it is of excessive rarity. I have taken it in Lan- zarote and Fuerteventura, both under marine rejectamenta along the sandy shores and at the Salinas (or salt-works). 1420. Bledius galeatus. Bledius galeatus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 594 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Zanz.), ad Salinas parce lectus. Also a Canarian Bledius, and with similar habits to the last species—the only three examples which I have seen having been captured by myself at the Salinas, in the north of Lanzarote. Genus 416. PLATYSTETHUS. Mannerheim, Brachél. 46 [script. Platysthetus] (1881). 1421. Platystethus cornutus. Oxytelus cornutus, Grav., Col. Micropt. 109 (1802). Platysthetus cornutus, Erich., Gen, et Spec. Staph. 782 (1839). STAPHYLINIDR. 515 -Platysthetus cornutus, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. x.340 (1862). Platystethus cornutus, Zd., Cat. Can. Col. 595 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert., Ten., Gom.), hine inde in lutosis. This common European Platystethus occurs, at low and interme- diate elevations, both in the Madeiran and Canarian Groups. From the former, however, I have seen as yet but a single example, which was taken by the late Mr. F. A. Anderson near Funchal. At the latter it is more widely distributed, and may perhaps be found ulti- mately to be universal; nevertheless hitherto it has been observed only in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Teneriffe, and Gomera. 1422. Platystethus spinosus. Platysthetus spinosus, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 784 (1889), et fossor, Woll., Ins. Mad. 602, 605 (1854). | -= , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 198, 199 (1857). —— fossor, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 595 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P# S) et Canarienses (Lanz., Ten.), in inferioribus intermediisque lutosis minus frequens. A more critical examination of my P. fossor inclines me to suspect that it should not be treated as more than a rather small, and perhaps somewhat depauperated, state (peculiar to Madeira proper) of the spinosus of southern Europe; though if it should prove, on a still further comparison, to be really distinct, the name that I im- posed upon it will remain as heretofore—seeing that it is*but provi- sionally that I would now cite it as a mere local variety. Unless indeed any characters have escaped my observation, it would seem to differ from the Canarian phasis of the insect (which I believe to be in accordance with the Mediterranean type) in being on the average a little smaller, with its elytra, head, frontal spinules, and antenne just perceptibly less developed. On the other hand, how- ever, the only individual which I have yet seen from Porto Santo (likewise of the Madeiran Group) is considerably larger than even the Canarian ones; but as the Platystethi generally are very vari- able in stature, I do not lay much stress upon this fact. Assuming therefore this comparatively gigantic example from Porto Santo, and the minute ones from Madeira proper, to be con- specific with the somewhat mtermediate specimens from the Canaries, the P. spinosus may be said to be widely diffused over these Atlantic islands—having been captured in Madeira proper and Porto Santo 212 516 STAPHYLINID. (of the Madeiras), and in Lanzarote and Teneriffe of the Canarian — archipelago, Genus 417. OXYTELUS. Gravenhorst, Col. Micropt. 101 (1802). 1423. Oxytelus piceus. Oxytelus De Grav., Col. Micropt. 105 (1802). — —., eG Cat, Mad. Col, 199 (1857). —— — , acm Cat. Can. Col. 596 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad., Pt St) et Canarienses (Can., Ten., Gom., Palma), in stercore vulgaris. A European Oxytelus which is nearly universal in these Atlantic islands, where it occurs in the dung of cattle at most elevations. It abounds in Madeira proper and Porto Santo; and it has been taken in Grand Canary, Teneriffe, Gomera, and Palma, of the Canarian Group. 1424, Oxytelus sculptus. Dats t sculptus, Grav., Mon. 191 (1806). ” Woll. Ins. Mad. 607 (1854). ——— , ’ Ia., Cat. Mad. Col. 199 (1857). — , Id, Cat. Can. Col. 597 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Can., Ten., Gom., Palma), hine inde in humidis et sub quisquiliis. Also European, and widely spread over these islands—where it occurs more under vegetable refuse, and in damp places generally, than in the dung of cattle. It has been taken in Madeira proper— as well as in Grand Canary, Teneriffe, Gomera, and Palma, of the Canarian archipelago, 1425. Oxytelus insignitus. Oxytelus insignitus,' Grav., Mon. 188, 5.d (1806). americanus, Mann., Brachél, 48 (1831). insignitus, Lrich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 793 (1839). , Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 199 (1857). Habitat Madge (Mad.), stercus quisquiliasque in inferioribus colens, preecipue in cultis. ee Found in the lower elevations of Madeira proper, where it is not uncommon (in the dung of cattle) around Funchal. It is recorded by Erichson and Mannerheim as a native of South America; and as STAPHYLINID&. 517 it occurs also in the island of St Thomas, we may be pretty sure that it has been naturalized accidentally at Madeira. 1426. Oxytelus complanatus. Oxytelus depressus, Gyll. [nec Grav., 1802 Snip Suec. li. 457 (1810). —— complanatus, Erich., Kaf. der Mark Brand, i. 595 (1837). — ——., Woll., Ins. Mad. is 1854). —— ——; Id., Cat. Mad. Col, 200 (1857). —_— — , eS Cat. Can. Col. 597 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad., PS) et Canarienses (ins. omnes), vulgaris. The European 0. complanatus is most likely universal throughout these Atlantic Groups, where it has perhaps become established from higher latitudes, It abounds in Madeira proper and Porto Santo; and it has been captured, though somewhat sparingly, in the whole seven of the Canarian islands. 1427. Oxytelus nitidulus. Oxytelus nitidulus, Grav., Col. Micropt. 107 (1802). —— —, Woll., Ins. Mad. 609 1854). ee ’ Id, Cat. Mad. Col. 20 (1857), nn Id., Cat, Can. Ool. 598 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P® S) et Canarienses (ins. omnes), in stercore bovino, equino, camelino, humano, necnon sub quisqui- liis, vulgatissimus. There is scarcely any Staphylinid more universal throughout these Atlantic Groups than the common European O. nitidulus, which abounds in dung and under decaying vegetable refuse at most ele- vations. It has been found in Madeira proper and Porto Santo, as well as in the whole seven islands of the Canarian archipelago. 1428. Oxytelus glareosus. Oxytelus glareosus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 610 (1854). — —, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 201 (1857). —., Ia., Cat. Can. Col. 598 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Ten.), sub quisquiliis in inferioribus occurrens. A small Oxytelus which is tolerably common (at low elevations) around Funchal, in Madeira proper—where it occurs beneath vege- table refuse, for the most part in cultivated spots. From the Ca- naries however I have seen hitherto but a single example, which was captured by myself near the Puertg Orotava in Teneriffe. 518 STAPHYLINIDA. Genus 418. TROGOPHL@US. Mannerheim, Brachél. 49 (1831). 1429, Trogophleus transversalis. Trogophlceus transversalis, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 202 (1857). —, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 598 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Bugio) et Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert., Ten.), in humidis ac sub quisquiliis rarissimus. An insect which occurs, though very rarely, both in the Madeiran and Canarian Groups. I have taken it on the southern Deserta (or Bugio) of the former, and in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, and Teneriffe of the latter. Although perfectly distinct from the European 7. scrobiculatus, it is a good deal allied to that species. 1430. Trogophleus riparius. Trogophloeus riparius, Boisd. et Lac., Faun. Ent. Paris, i. 467 (1835). ——,, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 807 (1839). , Kraatz, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. ii. 871 (1857). —— bilineatus, Woll. [nee Erich.|, Cat. Mad. Col. 201 (1857). riparius, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 599 (1864). | Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Can., Ten., Palma), hinc inde in humidis. The common European 7’. riparius occurs, in damp places of low and intermediate altitudes, both in the Madeiras and Canaries. In Madeira proper I have met with it sparingly around Funchal; and in my Madeiran Catalogue I cited it, though as it would now appear erroneously, as the belineatus*. Throughout the Canaries it is more widely distributed—haying been taken by myself in Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and Palma, and by the Messrs. Crotch in Teneriffe, 1431. Trogophleus oculatus. Trogophloeus bilineatus, Woll. [nec Erich. |, Cat. Can. Col. 599 (1864). oculatus, Id., Append. hu. op. 74. Habitat Canarienses (Can., Ten.), in humidis rarissimus. * Although there is not the slightest doubt that the Madeiran Trogophieus is identical with the Canarian one, and that the latter is positively the riparius (as understood by that name in England), I nevertheless must add that a specimen from Madeira was identified by Dr. Kraatz with the “ dc/ineafus,” and not with the riparius. I feel pretty sure however that Kraatz must have given me his opinion hastily, and without any very accurate examination ; for the diagnoses of the two species in question leave no doubt on my mind that the Madeiran and Canarian one is truly referable to the réparius; and such, I may add, is the opinion both of Mr. Rye and Mr. Waterhouse—who have taken great pains in comparing these 7rogophlwi for me with British types. STAPHYLINIDZ. 519 - Two specimens only of this 7rogophlous—which (as stated in the Appendix) is at once remarkable, inter alia, for the largeness of its eyes—have as yet come beneath my notice. One of them was cap- tured by myself in the region of El Monte in Grand Canary, and the other by the Messrs, Crotch (more recently) in Teneriffe. 1432. Trogophleus nigrita. Trogophlous nigrita, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 202 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (P” S”), in inferioribus semel captus. A single example only of this deep-black Trogophleus has hitherto come beneath my notice. It was taken by myself, during the spring of 1855, in Porto Santo, of the Madeiran Group—on a moist bank, scarcely above the sea-level, at the edge of the little stream at the Zimbral d’Areia. 1433. Trogophleus corticinus. Oxytelus corticinus, Grav., Mon. 192 (1806). Trogophloeus corticinus, Erich., Gen. et Spec, Staph. 809 (1889). nanus, Woll., Ins, Mad. 611 (1854). —— corticinus, Ia, Cat. Mad. Col. 203 (1857). exiguus, Id. [nec Erich. |, Cat. Can. Col. 600 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Can.), hine inde in hu- midis. A small European Tvogophleus which is found sparingly both in the Madeiran and Canarian Groups, where it occurs in damp places and for the most part at intermediate altitudes. I have taken it however in comparative abundance at 8* Anna, in the north of Ma- deira proper, on the muddy deposit at the edge of a trickling stream ; and I met with a single example of it in the region of El Monte in Grand Canary, which in my late Canarian Catalogue I inadvertedly referred (though in doubt) to the ewiguus of Erichson. 1434, Trogophleus exilis. Tropes ge hee ren Nat, Hist. vi. 105 (1860), es sh Habitat cake (Mad.) et Canarienses (Ten., Gom.), in locis si- milibus ac preecedens. Found in much the same kind of localities as the last species, haying been captured sparingly (by Mr. M. Park, the late Mr. Bewicke, and myself) in Madeira proper, as well as (by myself) in Teneriffe 520 STAPHYLINID&. and (by the Messrs. Crotch) in Gomera, of the Canarian Group. It is intimately allied to the 7. corticinus, but is on the average a trifle smaller, more densely sericeous (or clothed with a minute cinereous pubescence), with its elytra somewhat longer, and with-its entire punctation (when viewed beneath the microscope) very much closer and finer—being so close indeed on the prothorax (which is relatively a little more narrowed behind) as to give the surface almost the ap- pearance at first sight of being roughly alutaceous, rather than punc- tured. Its eyes also are appreciably larger, and project more deci- dedly beyond the hinder portion of the head,—a fact however which is more the result of the latter being less thickened, than of the eyes themselves being more prominent. 1435. Trogophleus ruficollis. Trogophloeus ruficollis, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 601 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Fuert., Ten.), in inferioribus et locis paululum elevatis rarissimus. Taken sparingly (by myself) in Fuerteventura and Teneriffe, of the Canarian Group—namely at La Antigua of the former, and near the Puerto Orotava of the latter. It is not, however, purely Canarian ; for I have inspected some examples which were captured by the Messrs. Crotch at Mogadore, on the opposite coast of Morocco, and which appear to me (although their elytra are somewhat less rufescent) not to differ specifically from the Fuerteventuran and Teneriffan ones. : 1436. Trogophleus bledioides. Trogophloeus bledioides, Woll., Cat. Can, Col. 601 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom.), plerumque in humidis inferioribus, rarior. Observed hitherto only in Teneriffe and Gomera, of the Canarian archipelago, and principally in damp spots of a low elevation. In my late Catalogue I remarked that it is a good deal allied to the 7’. simplicicollis of the Madeiran Group; but as I happened to have no type of the latter for examination, I wrote from recollection only. Having subsequently however compared the two species with each other, I perceive that they have really almost nothing in common except the fact of their prothorax being free from fovex, and being, together with the head, most densely, minutely and evenly punctu- lated. The 7’. blecioides is a most remarkable form for a Trogo- STAPHYLINID 2. 521 phleus,—its greatly enlarged, oval head, and elongated, subcordate- cylindrical prothorax, in conjunction with its much developed man- dibles and rather clavated antenne, giving it a character essentially its own. Its elytra, also, are not nearly so abbreviated as those of the simplicicollis. _ 1487. Trogophleus simplicicollis. Trogophlosus simplicicollis, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 203 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (P% S”), in inferioribus sat copiose deprehensus. Captured by myself (rather abundantly) in Porto Santo, of the Madeiran Group—in company with the 7. nigrita, at the Zimbral d’Areia. It is a minute and narrow species, remarkable for its (some- what short and almost semicircular) prothorax being totally free. from even the rudiments of foves, and for being also, together with the head, most closely, delicately, and evenly punctulated, (Subfam. IX. HOMALIADES.) Genus 419. PHILORINUM. Kraatz, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. ii. 966 (1857). 1438. Philorinum humile. Arpedium humile, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 860 (1839). —— — , Redt., Fna Austr. 246 (1857). Philorinum humile, Kraatz, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. ii. 966 (1857). — — , Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. vi. 106 (1860). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), 4 Dom. Bewicke in intermediis semel captum. A single example of this common European insect was taken at S. Antonio da Serra, in Madeira proper, by the late Mr. Bewicke; but it is the only one I have yet seen from these Atlantic islands, 1439. Philorinum floricola. Philorinum floricola, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 602 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Can., Ten., Gom., Palma, Hierro), ad flores presertim Oytist et Spartit & 2000’ usque ad 9000’ s. m. hine inde copiose ascendens. Found in all the islands of the Canarian Group except (appa- rently) the two eastern ones, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, being locally abundant at lofty elevations. It occurs on flowers, parti- 522 STAPHYLINIDA. cularly those of the genera Oytisus and Spartium; and although it descends sometimes into the intermediate districts, it is in the higher ones that it attains its maximum. Indeed on the upland Cumbres of Teneriffe, ranging from about 6000 to 9000 feet above the sea, I have beaten it in absolute profusion off the blossoms of the Retama; and I have taken it likewise in Grand Canary, Palma, and Hierro, Its detection in Gomera is due to the researches of the » Messrs. Crotch. Genus 420. HOMALIUM. Gravenhorst, Col. Micropt. 116 (script. Omalium] (1802). 1440. Homalium sculpticolle. Homalium sculpticolle, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 602 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Palma), hinc inde sub lapidibus et ster- core, in intermediis editioribusque, rarissimum. Detected in the Canarian Group, at a rather high elevation. I have captured it above the Agua Mansa in Teneriffe (beneath small stones, in an open basaltic cavern, at the foot of the Organo Rocks), as well as in the district of the Banda in Palma. In Teneriffe it was likewise met with, though sparingly, by the Messrs. Crotch— under dung, above Ycod el Alto. The H. sculpticolle is very closely allied to the common European H, riparium, of which indeed I feel far from certain that it is more than a geographical state. It appears to differ from it merely in being a little smaller, with its punctation a trifle denser, finer, and (at any rate on the elytra) more asperate, in its prothorax being relatively somewhat narrower or less decidedly transverse, and in its antenne being rather shorter and slenderer, and a little blacker towards their apex, but more refuscent at their base. 1441. Homalium ocellatum. Omalium ocellatum, Woll., Ins. Mad. 613 (1854). , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 204. (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Chao) et Canarienses,(Ten., Gom.), rarissimum. Likewise extremely rare, but found both at the Madeiras and Canaries. From the former Group the only specimen which I have yet seen was captured by myself (during June 1850) on the northern Deserta, or Iheo Chao; whilst in the latter a few examples were STAPHYLINIDZ. 523 taken by the Messrs. Crotch, both in Teneriffe and Gomera, during their late Canarian campaign. : ; The H. ocellatum differs from the sculpticolle in being a little larger, duller, and paler—its prothorax and elytra being more or less evidently of a lurid, testaceo-piceous hue,—in its head being a little broader, with the eyes somewhat larger,—in its prothorax being also wider (or more transverse), more rounded at the sides, and more obtuse at the posterior angles, with the two discal fovez shallower, longer (or more produced in front), and more curved, and with the lateral ones more punctured,—in its elytra being a little more deve- loped, as well as somewhat straighter (and much less broadly mar- gined) at the sides,—in its abdomen being considerably less shining (the surface being both coarsely alutaceous and with the minute punctules more evident),—and in its antenne being relatively a little shorter *, 1442. Homalium tricolor. Homalium tricolor, Woll., Append. huj. op. 75. Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), rarissimum; in Euphorbié quadam emortué 4 Dom. Bewicke semel repertum. A single example of this elegant Homaliwm (from which my. dia- gnosis, given in the Appendix, has been compiled) was captured by the late Mr. Bewicke in the north of Madeira proper—under the bark of a rotten Huphorbia in the Ribeira de Sao Jorge. . 1443. Homalium clavicorne. Omalium clavicorne, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 204 (1857). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub cortice Euphorbie mellifere emortuo in locis editioribus degens. A beautiful Homaliwm which has been detected hitherto only in the intermediate and lofty districts of Madeira proper, where it appears to be attached to the putrid wood of the rotten Euphorbias. In the upland region of the Fanal I met with it abundantly, in company with the Aphanarthrum and Mesites euphorbic, under the dead bark of the gigantic E. mellifera; and it was subsequently observed by Mr. Mason in the same locality. * The H. ocellatwm has been examined carefully by Mr. Rye, who remarks that it has much the facies and size of the nigriceps, Kiesw., as also a good deal in common with the Ad/ardi, Fairm., though with many distinctions of its own to separate it from both of those species. | 524, STAPHYLINIDZ. 1444, Homalium pusillum. Omalium pusillum, Grav., Mon. 205 (1806). granulatum, Woll., Ins. Mad. 613 (1854). —— , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 206 (1857). Homalium pusillum, Jd., Cat. Can. Col. 603 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Zen.), in sylvaticis in- termediis, vel pinetis vel castanetis, sub cortice rarissimum. Occurs sparingly in the intermediate sylvan districts both of Madeira proper and of the Canaries. The only example however which I have yet seen from the latter Group was captured by my- self in Teneriffe, beneath the bark of a felled pine tree at the Agua Mansa. The Atlantic specimens have their fovex altogether a trifle deeper, and their elytra a little more evidently besprinkled with shallow punctures, than is the case in the ordinary European type, and their antenne are not in the least obscured towards the apex ; but such differences are so slight and unimportant that I can scarcely regard them as indicating even a decided geographical variety ; though I may add that if it should be considered eventually that they ought to be separated from the more northern species, the name of granulatum, under which I described them in 1854, will have to be retained. Genus 421. ANTHOBIUM. (Leach) Steph., Ill. Brit. Ent. v. 835 (1832). 1445. Anthobium torquatum. Silpha torquata, Mshm, Ent. Brit. 127 (18382). Anthobium torquatum e¢ mucronatum, Steph., loc. cit. 839 (1832). scutellare, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 895 (1839). torquatum, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist, vi. 107 (1860). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in horto quodam prope urbem Funcha- lensem 4 Dom. Bewicke semel captum. ' Of this common European Anthobiwm a single example was taken by the late Mr. Bewicke in Madeira proper—in his garden at the Palmeira, above Funchal; but it is the only one that I have yet seen from these Atlantic islands. (Subfam. X. PROTINIDES.) , Genus 422, MEGARTHRUS. (Kirby) Steph., ZW. Brit. Ent. v. 330 (1832). STAPHYLINID2. 525 1446. Megarthrus longicornis. Megarthrus longicornis, Woll., Ins. Mad. 615, tab. xiii. £9 (1854). Td, Cat. Mad, Col.’ 906 (1857). sia —— — Id., Cat. Can. Col. 604 (1864). Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Lanz., Can., Ten., Gom., Hierro), sub quisquiliis in inferioribus intermediisque late us. A Megarthrus (somewhat allied to the European M. sinuaticollis) which is widely spread over these Atlantic islands, where I have little doubt that it is nearly universal. In the Madeiras however it has been observed hitherto only throughout the intermediate ele- vations of Madeira proper, where moreover it appears to be scarce. But at the Canaries, where it occurs in the lower districts as well as the higher ones, it is much more common—frequently abounding beneath vegetable refuse. I have taken it in Lanzarote, Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and Hierro,—in the last two of which it was met with likewise by Mr. Gray; and it was found in Teneriffe and Gomera by the Messrs. Crotch. 1447. Megarthrus serrula. Megarthrus serrula, Woll., Append. huj. op. 76. Habitat Canarienses (Gom.), sub quisquiliis 4 DD. Crotch nuper detectus. Captured in Gomera by the Messrs. Crotch, during their late ex- pedition to the Canaries—by sifting fallen leaves and other vege- table refuse, above Hermigua. Genus 423. METOPSIA. Wollaston, Ins. Mad, 616 (1854). 1448. Metopsia ampliata. Metopsia ampliata, Woll., Ins. Mad. 616, tab. xiii. f. 7 (1854). — — , ld., Cat. Mad. Col. 206 (1857). Hatitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub quisquiliis lapidibusque in sylvaticis humidis intermediis, preesertim lauretis, parce occurrens. This flat and remarkable insect seems to be peculiar to the moist sylvan districts of Madeira proper, where it occurs sparingly (beneath stones, pieces of damp rotting wood, fallen leaves, and other vegetable refuse) at intermediate and rather lofty elevations. 526 STAPHYLINIDA. © 1449, Metopsia cimicoides. Metopsia cimicoides, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 605 (1864). Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom.), in sylvaticis intermediis editiori- busque rarissima. Found in the sylvan districts of the Canarian Group, at inter- mediate and lofty altitudes, where it would appear to be extremely scarce. I obtained a single example of it, in the laurel-region towards Taganana, in Teneriffe ; and it was captured sparingly by the Messrs. Crotch in the same island (in the Pinal above Yeod el Alto), as well as in Gomera. The IM. cimicoides is much smaller, narrower, more oblong, and. paler than the Madeiran ampliata; its two frontal incisions are deeper and narrower; its prothorax is much more lightly and less conspicuously channelled, with the anterior angles less obtusely rounded ; its elytra are more straightly truncated behind ; and the , third joint of its antenne is less elongate. . ea Poa ao = APPENDIX. é. Fam. CARABIDA. Genus APOTOMUS. (Hoffmansege) Iliger, Mag. fiir Ins. vi. 848 (1807). Apotomus testaceus. A. rufo-ferrugineus, subnitidus, pube minuté omnino adpress& paulo . pallidiore vestitus et punctulis minutissimis (oculo fortissime ar- mato) sat crebre ubique obsitus; elytris punctato-striatis; an- tennis pedibusque gracilibus, illis concoloribus, his rufo-testaceis, —Long. corp. lin. 13. Apotomus testaceus, Dej., Spec. Gén. des Col. i. 451 (1825). Habitat Salvages, ab ins. majore (boreali) a Barone de Paiva missus. Obs.—Species ab A. rufo et Chaudoirvi valde distincta; differt corpore paulo minore, ubique minutissime et sat crebre punctulato (primo visu quasi subalutaceo) necnon pube minuta brevi subtili omnino demissi yestito (nec pilis elongatis erectis obsito), elytris minus grosse punctato-striatis, antennis pedibusque gracilioribus, illis rufo-ferrugineis concoloribus (7, e. articulis intermediis vix reliquis obscurioribus). _ A single example of this Apotomus has lately been communicated by the Bardo do Castello de Paiva, by whom it was obtained from the Great Salvage. It is an interesting addition to our fauna, as being identical with an Egyptian species captured by Schaum at - Cairo, and which (judging from the diagnosis) I cannot separate from the A. testaceus of Dejean, from the south of Russia. It is a little smaller than the A. rufus and Chaudoiri, and is entirely destitute of the long erect hairs which stud those insects (being merely clothed with a short, delicate, and entirely decumbent pubescence); its sur- face also when viewed beneath the microscope will be seen to be rather thickly and uniformly covered with excessively minute punc- tules (which at first sight give it almost the appearance of being alutaceous) ; and its limbs are perceptibly slenderer,—the antenna, m a 2 APPENDIX. moreover, being dark rufo-ferruginous throughout (for the interme- diate joints are hardly more obscured than the remaining ones), Genus TARUS. Clairville, Ent, Helv. ii. 94 (1806). Tarus velatus, n. sp. 7’. subnitidus, nigro- vel fusco-piceus sed in limbo plus minus evi- denter dilutior, pilis mollibus erectis fulvis vestitus, ubique dense (in elytris vix levius) punctatus; prothorace latiusculo, angulis ipsis posticis vix subrecurvo-exstantibus ; elytris ovalibus, sub- convexis, sat profunde subcrenato-striatis ; antennis, palpis pedi- busque (sensim pallidioribus) testaceis.—Long. corp. lin. 44-5. Habitat Gomeram, in montibus humidis sylvaticis 4 DD. Crotch deprehensus. Several specimens of this fine Tarus (so remarkable for its deeply and densely punctured surface, which is beset with a fine, soft, erect, though not particularly elongate, fulvous pile) were taken by the Messrs. Crotch at a high elevation in the laurel-forests (above Her- migua) of Gomera, during the summer of 1864. In colour, clothing, and sculpture it is almost identical with the 7. amictus, of which I add below an amended diagnosis ; nevertheless it is very much larger, and has (inter alia) its head and prothorax relatively wider and more transverse. Tarus amictus. 7’. precedenti similis, sed minor, vix levius punctatus ; capite pro- thoraceque angustioribus, héc magis cordato, angulis ipsis posticis paulo evidentius subrecurvo-exstantibus ; pak oe vix magis depress sis, striis fere simplicibus.—Long. corp. lin. 3 533 (var. B. 3-33). Var. B. simillima [an species?]. Paulo minor, * gnbnitidior et vix profundius punctata; elytrorum striis subprofundius impressis 5 antennis vix brevioribus, clarioribus. Tarus amictus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 21 (1864). Habitat sylvatica excelsa Canariz et Gomere, in illé 4 meipso sed in hac 4 DD. Crotch repertus. This Tarus seems to differ from the preceding one simply in being considerably smaller, with its head and prothorax (the latter of which has the posterior angles rather more evidently prominent, or upwardly subrecurved) relatively narrower, and with its elytra just perceptibly less convex. The specimens however from which the above diagnosis has been compiled present two slightly different forms even amongst themselves,—one of which (regarded as normal) is a trifle larger, as APPENDIX. 3 also just perceptibly less shining and more finely sculptured, than the other, and has its antenne (if anything) a little shorter and paler; but the differences are so unimportant, compared with those which separate both forms from the 7’. velatus, that I do not think it would be safe to treat them as more than phases (possibly indeed mere sexual ones) of a single species. Both of these forms were taken, at a high altitude, by the Messrs. Crotch, in the sylvan dis- tricts of Gomera; and I myself captured two examples of the “‘ typical” state, at Osorio, on the mountains of Grand Canary. - Genus DROMIUS. Bonelli, Observ. Ent. ii. (1813). Dromius plagipennis, n. sp. D. elongatus; capite prothoraceque nitidis, illo rufo-ferrugineo, héc rufo-testaceo parvo subquadrato; elytris alutaceis, leviter striatis, fusco-nigris, plagi suffusi testaced in disco antico interno. posita (necnon interdum alteré minore indistinctaé versus apicem inter- num) utrinque ornatis; antennis pedibusque testaceis.—Long. corp. lin. 3, Habitat in Teneriffa et Hierro, in intermediis 4 DD. Crotch captus. Obs.—Species D. meridionali, Dej., valde affinis et forsan ejus varietas geographica letius maculata; sed prothorax est paulo minor antice sensim angustior, angulis ipsis posticis(oculo fortiter armato) minus rotundatis. Eight specimens of the large and beautiful Dromius from which the above diagnosis has been compiled were taken by the Messrs. Crotch, during their late Canarian campaign,—one of them at Ycod el Alto in Teneriffe, and the remaining seven (beneath the dead bark of some old props of a fig-tree, in a garden just above Valverde) in Hierro. I feel far from satisfied that they may not be in reality the exponents of some prettily spotted geographical state of the D. meri- dionalis of southern Europe; nevertheless, apart from the bright testaceous blotch on the inner fore disk of each elytron (which is usually supplemented behind by obscure traces of a smaller and very suffused one towards either sutural angle), its prothorax is a trifle smaller (and less widened anteriorly) than is the case in that species, and the extreme basal angles are less rounded. Dromius oceanicus, n. sp. D. subparallelo-elongatus, subopacus; capite prothoraceque rufo- ferrugineis, illo magno subrotundato in fronte grosse longitudi- a2 4 APPENDIX. naliter strigoso, hée subcordato; elytris subparallelis, ad humeros sensim subangulato-porrectis, subdepressis, striatis (striis vix punctatis), fusco-testaceis, per suturam anguste necnon in fascia parva hastata postmedia nigrescentibus.—Long. corp. lin. 25. Dromius insularis (p.), Woll., Ins. Mad. 4 (1854). (—), Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 2 (1857). Habitat in ins. Desertis (se. boreali et majore) Maderensibus, sub - lapidibus rarissimus. Hitherto I have regarded this Dromius as a state, peculiar to the Desertas, of the D. insularis (found in the sylvan regions of Madeira proper); but a more careful inspection of it has induced me to be- lieve that it cannot be referred absolutely to that species. It is altogether a little larger, broader, and more parallel; both its head and prothorax are sensibly more developed; and its elytra are straighter at the sides, with their shoulders less rounded-off (or more porrect), with their stric almost unpunctured, and with their postmedial fascia somewhat smaller and more hastate. I have taken it beneath stones, in open spots, both on the northern and central Desertas; where, however, it would appear to be extremely rare. Dromius insularis. D. elongatus, subopacus; capite prothoraceque rufo-ferrugineis, illo sat magno elongato-rotundato in fronte grosse longitudinaliter strigoso, hée anguste subcordato; elytris elongato-ovatis, ad hu- meros rotundatis declivibus, depressis, profunde subcrenato-striatis, fusco-testaceis, per suturam anguste necnon in fascia dentataé post- mediaé nigrescentibus.—Long. corp. lin. 23. Dromius insularis, Woll., Ins. Mad. 4 (1864). — , Id, Cat, Mad. Col. 2 (1857). Habitat Maderam, in sylvaticis humidis editioribus occurrens, I have given a corrected diagnosis of this Dromius, in order to show the exact points in which it differs from the preceding spe- cies (which is peculiar to the Desertas, and which I had formerly regarded as a local state of the insularis). The D. insularis, how- ever, as now defined, is essentially a sylvan insect,—occurring in the damp wooded districts of Madeira proper, and ascending to a high elevation ; and it may perhaps be looked upon as the representative of D. strigifrons of the Canarian Group. It is appreciably smaller and less parallel than the D. oceanicus, its head and prothorax are narrower, and. its elytra are more expanded behind the middle, more rounded-off (or less angular) at the shoulders, with their striz rather APPENDIX. 5 coarser and more decidedly crenate, and with their postmedial fascia a trifle more dentate and developed. Dromius strigifrons, n. sp. D. elongatus, parum nitidus; capite prothoraceque rufo-ferrugineis, illo sat magno subrotundato in fronte grosse longitudinaliter stri- goso, héc anguste subcordato; elytris elongato-ovatis, ad humeros rotundatis declivibus, depressis, profunde striato-punctatis, fusco- testaceis, per suturam anguste necnon in maculaé minuté communi ante apicem sité nigrescentibus.—Long. corp. lin. vix 23. Habditat in lauretis editioribus Gomer, 4 DD. Crotch parce lectus. Detected by the Messrs. Crotch, under the bark of laurels, at a high eleyation in Gomera; and J believe that they found it likewise in Teneriffe (near Ycod el Alto), but, as the specimens from the latter were unfortunately lost on their homeward route, I have not sufficient evidence to permit me to cite it for that island. The D. strigifrons differs from the amenus (to which it is closely allied) in its rather broader and longitudinally rugose forehead, in its prothorax being a little more narrowed behind (and therefore some- what less straightened at the sides), and in its elytra being more depressed, with their striz much more coarsely punctured, and with the postmedial fascia of that species reduced to a minute central, or sutural, spot (common to both), placed further towards the apex. It is perhaps still more nearly related to the D. insularis (from the sylvan districts of Madeira), with which in its strigulose forehead and general contour it almost agrees. But it is more shining (or less alutaceous), and its elytra have their striz more distinctly punctured, with the postmedial dentate fascia which is more or less conspicuous in that insect reduced to a small subapical speck. Dromius amcenus. D. precedenti similis, sed capite vix angustiore (sive minus rotundato), in fronte fere simplici (nec longitudinaliter strigoso); prothorace vix magis quadrato (ad latera subrectiore); elytris sensim magis convexis leyiusque striatis (striis fere simplicibus, nec distincte punctatis) necnon letius nigro-pictis (sc. per suturam minus an- guste et in fascia postmediaé multo majore latiore dentata nigres- centibus).—Long. corp. lin. 23-vix 24. Dromius ameenus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 12 (1864). Habitat Teneriffam, in lauretis humidis editioribus sub cortice laxo sese occultare delectans. I have thought it better to give the above corrected diagnosis of 6 APPENDIX. the D. amenus, seeing that the detection of the strigifrons at the Canaries and the acknowledgment (now for the first time) of the ~ oceanicus at the Madeiras would render it desirable that all these closely allied (but, I believe, truly distinct) species should be accu- rately defined inter se. The D. amcenus has been observed hitherto | only in the sylvan districts of Teneriffe, where it occurs under loosened bark at a rather high elevation. Dromius umbratus, n. sp. D. sigmati affinis, sed major et in partibus pallidioribus quoque paulo minus testaceus, capite prothoraceque submajoribus latioribus, elytrorum fascia multo majore, crassiore (sc. maxima), rectius transversd, sive minus dentataé.—Long. corp. lin. 2. Habitat in Madera, 4 Dom. Bewicke parce deprehensus. Two examples of this Dromius are in the collection of the late Mr. Bewicke, by whom they were captured in Madeira proper; but I have no means now of ascertaining their precise locality. They differ from the D. sigma in being considerably larger, and in all the pale portions of their surface being of a rather more rufescent (or less pallid) hue, in their head and prothorax being wider and more developed, and in their elytral fascia being very much thicker and straighter (or less dentate). Genus BROSCUS. Panzer, Index Ent. i, 62 (1813). Broscus crassimargo, n. sp. B. ater; eapite prothoraceque nitidis, héc cordato, ad basin leviter subpunctato, ad latera ipsissima grosse marginato subcyanescente (margine usque ad angulos ipsos posticos conspicue ducto) ; elytris opacis, levissime (tamen distincte) striato-punctatis, ad latera ipsissima angustissime marginatis subconcoloribus (margine etiam usque ad humeros parum crasso et ibidem in angulum sat acutum humeralem abrupte terminato); antennis fusco-piceis, concolori- bus (art? 1° reliquis vix dilutiore); pedibus elongatis, nigro- piceis.—Long. corp. lin. 10-11. Habitat Gomeram, 4 DD. Crotch in lauretis humidis editioribus detectus. This fine Broscus appears to be a little larger than even the B. glaber, from Grand Canary; and it may at once be known from both of the Canarian species by its elytra being quite opake and dis- tinctly (though very lightly and minutely) striate-punctulate, by the APPENDIX. 7 basal joint of its antenne being almost (or entirely) of the same colour as the remaining ones, and (above all) by the peculiarity of its marginal rim both in the prothorax and elytra,—it being con- tinued (completely and coarsely) in the former to the actual basal angles themselves, and in the latter to the humeral angles (where it abruptly terminates, causing them to be comparatively acute and thickened). Its habits would seem to be more in accordance with those of the B. rutilans than of the B. glaber,—the few specimens _ from which the present diagnosis has been compiled, and which were detected by the Messrs. Crotch, having been found in the sylvan districts of Gomera “at the foot of the cataract above Hermigua.” Genus ZARGUS. Wollaston, Ins. Mad. 22 (1854). Zargus Crotchianus, n. sp. L. niger vel piceo-niger, obsoletissime submetallico-tinctus, nitidus ; prothorace sat parvo, subrotundato-quadrato, ad latera subpellu- cido-dilutiore et postice late recurvo, basi utrinque late profun- deque impresso; elytris regulariter striatis (striis impunctatis), in limbo interdum subdilutioribus ; antennis palpisque elongatis, gracilibus, piceo-testaceis, illis in articulis 3 basalibus plus minus picescentioribus ; pedibus elongatis, gracilibus, piceis vel testaceo- piceis, tarsis clarioribus.—Long. corp. lin. 5-54. Habitat Gomeram, rarissimus; in lauretis humidis excelsis supra “‘ Hermigua’’ & DD. Crotch deprehensus, This noble Zargus constitutes one of the finest and most important discoveries of the Messrs. Crotch,—not merely from its specific dis- tinctness, but as introducing the remarkable genus of which it is a member (and which has hitherto been essentially Madeiran) into the Canarian fauna. Three examples of it were taken by them at a high elevation (above Hermigua) in the laurel-districts of Gomera, during the summer of 1864; and they seem to possess all the structural features of the normal Zargi, unless it be that the terminal joint of their palpi is just perceptibly thicker (or less acute). Apart from every other character, the Z. Crotchianus may be known from all the (Madeiran) species as yet detected by its large size, obscure sub- metallic tint, and the broadly recurved edges of its prothorax; and it may perhaps be considered, on the whole, nearer to the (compara- tively small) Z. Monizii (found near the Cabo Garajao, in the east of Madeira proper) than to any of the remainder. 8 APPENDIX. Genus CALATHUS. _ Bonelli, Observ. Ent. i. (1809). Calathus obliteratus, n. sp. C. ovatus, pone medium convexus, fusco-piceus, nitidus ; prothorace conico, subdepresso, ad latera late subrecurvo; elytris basi de- presso-desilientibus, in medio subinflato-convexis, linea basali in utroque fere recta sed obsoleta obliterata, leviter striatis, interstitio tertio punctis circa 6 notato; antennis pedibusque rufo-testaceis, tibiis tarsisque elongatis, gracilibus (horum art® 1™° precipue elongato).—Long. corp. lin. 53. Mas adhuc latet. Habitat Gomeram, in lauretis editioribus 4 DD. Crotch semel captus. Obs.—Species corpore ovato, pone medium subinflato-convexo, prothorace valde conico, elytrorum lined basali obsoleta obliterata, striis levibus sed haud tenuibus punctisque circa 6 ad striam ter- tiam annexis, necnon tibiis (rectissimis) tarsisque elongatis gra- cilibus inter cognatas subanomala distincta. : In compiling the above diagnosis I have had but a single (female) example, which was captured by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera, to judge from; nevertheless it presents so many points of peculiarity that there can, I think, be no question whatever as to its specific claims. Its affinities, I imagine, are more with the C. abacoides and cognatus than with any of the other species; and therefore I have little hesitation in placing it accordingly, even though I am unable to pronounce for certain whether the posterior tibie of its male sex are simple or internally fringed. It may at once be known from the allied forms by its ovate outline and posteriorly convex upper surface, by its very conical prothorax, by its elytra having their basal line obsolete (or obliterated), their striz shallow (though rather wide) and with about six punctures adjoining the third one from the suture, and by its tibie and tarsi (the former of which are very straight, whilst the latter have their basal joint longer than is usual) being elongated and slender. Calathus fimbriatus. CO. latiusculus, C. complanato plerumque paulo brevior, valde depres- sus, piceus ; prothorace latiusculo; antennis pedibusque ferrugi- neis.—Long. corp. lin. 5-52. Mas nitidus; tibiis posterioribus intus (presertim versus apicem) pilis longis densissime fimbriatis. Fem. opacus; tibiis fere simplicibus. Calathus complanatus, var. y, Woll., Ins. Mad. 30 (1854). APPENDIX. 9 Calathus complanatus (p.), Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 11 (1857). —— fimbriatus, Id., Ann. Nat. Hist. i. 18 (1858). Habitat in Portu Sancto, sub lapidibus vulgatissimus. Calathus laureticola, n. sp. C. fusco-piceus, elongatus, depressus; prothorace subquadrato, ad latera late subrecurvo; elytris lined basali in utroque fere recta, striatis, interstitio tertio punctis 2 vel 3 (seepius 2) notato ; antennis pedibusque rufo-testaceis—Long. corp. lin. 6-63. Mas omnino (sed presertim in capite prothoraceque) subnitidus ; in- terstitiis subconvexis ; tibiis posterioribus intus dense fimbriatis. Fem. capite prothoraceque subopacis, elytris opacis; interstitiis valde depressis ; tibiis simplicibus. Habitat in lauretis Gomere editioribus, 4 DD. Crotch lectus. A noble Calathus which was detected by the Messrs. Crotch, during their late Canarian researches, at a high elevation, in the sylvan regions of Gomera (“above the cataract, under Monte Fuerte ”’),—where it appears to be tolerably common. The densely fimbriated posterior tibiz of its male sex immediately assign it to the second of the Sections under which I have distributed the At- lantic species; and I think perhaps that in the generality of its characters it is more in accordance with the C. appendiculatus, from Grand Canary, than with any of the remainder; nevertheless the peculiar sexual differences of that insect (the males of which are entirely bright, whilst the females have their prothorax and elytra opake), combined with the rather more numerous punctures on its third elytral interstice, and other minor features (which will be readily gathered from its diagnosis), will at once separate it from its Gomeran ally. Genus PTEROSTICHUS, Auct. (Subgenus Haptoderus, Chaud.) Pterostichus calathiformis, n. sp. P. elongato-oblongus, gracilis, lete rufo-piceus, subnitidus; pro- thorace paulo rufescentiore, subquadrato (antice et postice sub- sequaliter vix angustiore), angulis posticis subrectis, per marginem posticum sinuato, basi utrinque leviter impresso; elytris antice subdepressis, (saltem in foemineo) tenuissime striatis subalutaceis, linea basali (inter humeros et scutellum) valde arcuaté; antennis pedibusque pracilibi, clare rufo-ferrugineis; tibiis in utroque sexu simplicibus.—Long. corp. lin. 4-44. Habitat Gomeram, in lauretis humidis excelsis 4 DD. Crotch captus. ‘Io APPENDIX. In external facies, sculpture, and hue this insect is so like a Calathus that, were it not for its simple claws, it might almost be mistaken for one. However, it is clearly a large Argutor (or Haptoderus, Chaud.), of much the same type (both in general contour and in the fact of its posterior tibiee being slender and simple in both sexes) as the A. gracilipes of Madeira, though most abundantly distinct from it specifically. It was discovered by the Messrs. Crotch at a high elevation in the laurel-districts of Gomera, “ above “2 cataract, -under Monte Fuerte.” Genus CRATOGNATHUS. Dejean, Spec. Gén. des Col. iv. 46 (1829). Cratognathus empiricus, n. sp. C. micanti valde affinis sed, nisi fallor, vere distinctus; differt pro- thorace postice sensim latiore, basi levius bifoveolato, per latera et basin (oculo fortiter armato) angustius marginato, angulis anteri- oribus paulo magis porrectis, acutioribus: in superficie (preesertim foeminei) minus polité cum varietate 3 (‘“ Sancte-Crucis”), sed in elytris tenuiter striatis cum statu typico melius congruit.—Long. corp. lin. 43-5. Habitat in humidis sylvaticis Gomere, 4 DD. Crotch nuper lectus. Several examples of the Cratognathus from which the above dia- gnosis has been compiled were taken by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera, near the base of the great waterfall in the sylvan region above Her- migua (at an elevation of about 2000 feet). Although at first sight closely resembling the C. micans of that island, it seems to me, when carefully inspected, to differ too much from the latter to be safely treated as a mere local state, or modification, of it. Yet I would not wish to imply positively that such may not be the case. In its less shining surface (particularly of the female sex) it accords better with what I have described as the “ var. 3, Sanctz Crucis,” found in Teneriffe; whilst, on the other hand, the fine and delicate strize of its elytra are more in harmony with the normal Gomeran type. From both forms however (namely, the Gomeran and Teneriffan ones) of the micans it recedes appreciably in the construction of its " prothorax,—which is a little broader behind, more narrowly mar- gined along its lateral and basal edges, with its posterior fovee less deeply impressed, and with its front angles rather acuter or more porrect. Genus AEPYS, (Leach) Sam., Usef. Comp. 149 [script. Aépus]. (1819). APPENDIX. ‘ oe Aépys gracilicornis. A. fusco-testaceus, subopacus, depressus, densissime et rugose alu- taceus punctisque remotis leviter impressus necnon pube demissa pallidiore preesertim in elytris vestitus; prothorace angusto, sub- cordato ; elytris parallelo-subellipticis, haud striatis, singulis punc- tis duobus leviter signatis necnon ad apicem rotundatis ; antennis pedibusque pallidioribus et (illis praecipue) elongatis gracilibus.— Long. corp. lin. 1. , Aépys gracilicornis, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 218 (1860). Habitat Maderam, in maritimis subsalinis rarissimus. Fam. DYTISCIDA. Genus HYDROPORUS. Clairville, Ent. Helv. ii. 183 (1806). Hydroporus compunctus, n. sp. H, ovalis, nitidulus, alutaceus, profunde sed haud dense punctatus, parce cinereo-pubescens, nigro-piceus; capite omnino sed pro- thorace elytrisque ad latera indistincte rufescentioribus ; prothorace parum ineequali (postice late irregulariter impresso) ; elytris lineis tribus (una se. juxta suturam vix punctata, et duabus exterioribus é punctis sat magnis compositis) notatis; antennis pedibusque rufo-ferrugineis.—Long. corp. lin. 1}. Habitat Teneriffam, 4 DD. Crotch semel tantum deprehensus. A single example of this Hydroporus was taken by the Messrs. Crotch in Teneriffe (I believe in the Barranco at Ycod el Alto), during their late Canarian campaign. It is rather smaller, convexer, and more oval than the H. wanthopus, and very much more coarsely (and a little more sparingly) punctured ; its head and sides (at any rate of the prothorax, which is also more deeply branded transversely be- hind) are more rufescent ; and its elytra are more distinctly impressed with an obscure longitudinal line (or wide, shallow depression) parallel to the suture, and the two usual series of punctures externally. Genus EUNECTES. Erichson, Gen. Dytic. 23 (1832), Eunectes subdiaphanus, E. suboblongus, subdiaphano-coriaceus, pallide diluto-testaceus, cly- peo antice subintegro; capite postice nigro et macula frontali magna antice profunde bipartita ornato ; prothorace vitta transversa fracta nebuloso, ad latera oblique recto, angulis posticis obtusiusculis, - 12 APPENDIX. subineequali, margine postico infra angulos distincte elevato ; scu- tello subtriangulari; elytris punctis magnis triplici serie et punc- _tulis minoribus nigris notatis, utroque maculis duabus sublaterali- bus nigris ornato; antennis pedibusque pallido-testacets, —Long. corp. lin, 7-74. Fem. elytris foves longitudinali sublaterali media longiuscula valde profunda utrinque impressis. Eunectes subdiaphanus, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. viii. 100 (1861). » Id., Cat. Can. Col. 84 (1864). Habitat Canariam Grandem, in aquis quietis ad El Charco captus. Eunectes subcoriaceus, E. oblongo-ovatus, subdiaphano-coriaceus, pallide diluto-testaceus, clypeo antice leviter emarginato; capite postice nigro et macula frontali magn distincté antice profunde bipartita ornato; pro- thorace vitté transversé parvé fracté nebuloso, ad latera oblique subrecto, angulis posticis acutiusculis, subequali, margine postico infra angulos leviter elevato; scutello subsemicirculari; elytris punctis magnis triplici serie et punctulis minoribus parvis (ante- rius minutis levioribus ac magis remotis) nigris notatis, utroque macula (rarius duabus) parva sublaterali nigré ornato; antennis pedibusque pallido-testaceis.—Long. corp. lin. 7. Fem. elytris foveé longitudinali sublaterali medié breviuscula sat profundaé utrinque impressis. Eunectes subcoriaceus, Woll., Ann, Nat. Hist. viii. 99 (1861). Habitat Maderam, in cisterna quadam supra urbem Funchalensem & Dom. Bewicke parce deprehensus, Fam. SILPHIDZ. Genus CATOPS. Paykull, Ins. Suec. i. 342 (1798), Catops Murrayi. C. subellipticus, piceo-niger, minus convexus; prothorace postice sinuato; elytris apice leviter acuminatis, strié suturali antice evanescente impressis ; antennis pedibusque longiusculis, robustis, rufo-ferrugineis.—Long. corp. lin. 12. Mas tarsorum anteriorum “articulo basali magno dilatato. Catops Murrayi, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. vy. 219 (1860). Habitat Maderam, in editioribus humidis sylvaticis semel repertus. Catops pinicola, n. sp. C. angustulus, ovalis, fusco-ferrugineus, minute ac densissime pu- bescens; capite nitidiusculo, (insecto maturo) nigrescente ; pro- APPENDIX. 13 thorace ad latera leviter rotundato, angulis anticis valde rotundatis obtusis, posticis vix productis ; elytris singulis strié suturali pro- ’ funda impressis; antennis gracilibus, ad basin testaceis; pedibus infuscate testaceis.—Long. corp. lin. 14-1}. Habitat in pinetis Teneriffe, sub foliis aridis dejectis 4 DD. Crotch lectus. Obs.—C. veloci Europeeo affinis, sed vix ejus varietas geogra- phica; differt corpore minore angustiore, capite nitidiore plus minus nigro (rarius concolori), et prothoracis angulis anticis magis rotundatis obtusis, posticis minus evidenter productis. C. putrido discedit praecipue corpore subangustiore ac magis opaco, capite nigrescentiore, prothorace minus convexo necnon ad latera minus rotundato, elytris nullo modo substriatis, antennis gracilioribus, Captured by the Messrs. Crotch, rather abundantly, at a high elevation, in Teneriffe,—by sifting dead leaves in the Pinal near Yeod el Alto. Possibly, therefore, it may be peculiar to the pine- regions of that and the neighbouring islands. It is very closely allied to the European (and Madeiran) C. velow; but it is smaller, narrower, and more regularly elliptic (or less obovate); its head is slightly shining, and more or less black (being only concolorous when the insect is immature); and its prothorax has the anterior angles more obtuse, or rounded-off, and the posterior ones less evi- dently produced. , From the C. putridus the pinicola differs principally in its slightly narrower outline and more opake surface, in its darker head, in its prothorax being less convex and less rounded at the sides, in its elytra being quite free from the obsolete striz which are distinctly traceable in that species, and in its antenne being slenderer and less clavate. In all probability too its habits are not the same, the single example yet detected of the C. putridus having been found beneath the moist decaying bark of an old dawrel in Palma, Fam. CORYLOPHID:. Genus MICROSTAGETUS. Wollaston, Ann. Nat. Hist. viii. 103. (1861). Genus corpore minutissimo pallido sericeo, prothorace antice semi- circulari (caput totum tegente) alisque amplissimis ciliatis Seri- codero aftinitate proximum et prima facie illum simulans, sed species est minor, antice minus dilatata obtusa, prothoracis angulis posticis multo minus acutis (vix productis), et preecipue antennis 11- (nec 10-) articulatis, articulis inter se diversis. Cum Moro- nillo, Duval, antennis 11-articulatis (sec. descriptionem) congruit, 14 APPENDIX. sed articuli sunt valde dissimiles, corpus minus est necnon pubes- _ cens pallidum alatum (haud glabrum apterum), et caput sub pro- _ noto omnino absconditur. Ab Orthopero (cui aliquo modo approxi mat) antennarum 11- (nec 9-) articulatarum structuré, necnon capite toto sub prothorace recondito, preter ceetera, differt. Microstagetus parvulus. M. ovali-obovatus, rufo-testaceus, sericeo-pubescens; prothorace nitidissimo, impunctato ; elytris nitidis, vix obscurioribus et (oculo fortiter armato) minutissime ac levissime punctulatis; antennis pedibusque vix pallidioribus.—Long. corp. lin. vix 4. Microstagetus parvulus, Woll., oc. éit. 106 (1861). Habitat Maderam, sub quisquiliis in inferioribus intermediisque rarior. Fam. PTILIADA. Genus ACROTRICHIS. Motschulsky, Bull. de Moscou, xxi, 569 (1848). Acrotrichis anthracina. A, subovata, convexa, postice valde attenuata, aterrima, nitidissima, breviter griseo-pubescens ; capite magno, prominulo; prothorace basi lato, angulis posticis valde productis, in disco (oculo fortiter armato) pustulis magnis (eleganter sinuate dispositis) instructo, _ necnon inter pustulas nitidissimo -alutaceo; elytris prothorace angustioribus, postice valde attenuatis; antennis piceo-nigris ; pedibus clare testaceis.—Long. corp. lin. +. Trichopteryx anthracina, Matth., in Ent. Month. Mag. ii. 35 (1865). Habitat Gomeram, rarissima. Exemplaria tria ceperunt DD. Crotch. Acrotrichis Wollastoni. A, oblonga, parum convexa, nigra, sat longe fulvo-pubescens ; pro- thorace basi latiusculo, angulis posticis productis, in disco (oculo fortiter armato) granulis, vel pustulis minutissimis, distinctis (flexuose, sed versus basin rectius, subseriatim dispositis) instructo, necnon inter pustulas alutaceo; elytris postice parum attenuatis ; antennis Senaies gracilibus) ‘pedibusque clare testaceis. —Long. corp. lin. vix 3 5 Piavatesy Wollastoni, Matth., loc. cit. i. 248 (1865). Habitat in Canaria, Teneriffi, Gomera et Hierro, sub quisquiliis, precipue per regiones sylvaticas intermedias, vulgatissima. The A, Wollastoni differs from the European A. fascicularis (which it much resembles) in its rather smaller size and more parallel out- APPENDIX. 15 line, in its longer and browner pubescence, in its more sharply cut sculpture (in which the prothoracie granules, or minute pustules, are placed rather closer together), in its more elongated and paler antenne, and in the more straightened apex of its elytra. Acrotrichis Crotchii. A. breviuscula, latiuscula, convexa, castaneo-brunnea, pubescens ; prothorace amplo, basi lato, in disco (oculo fortiter armato) pus- tulis minutissimis (oblique, sed late, subseriatim dispositis) in- structo, necnon inter pustulas alutaceo; elytris breviusculis, pos- tice valde attenuatis; antennis pedibusque testaceis; illis apice- fortius clavatis——Long. corp. lin. vix }. Trichopteryx Crotchii, Matth., loc. cit. 248 (1865). Habitat in Gomera, 4 DD. Crotch nuper parce deprehensa. Acrotrichis canariensis. A, breviter subparallelo-oblonga (sepe etiam postice sublatior), ater- rima, breviter subnigro-pubescens ; prothorace basi vix latiore, angulis posticis vix productis, in disco (oculo fortiter armato) pustulis valde distinctis irregulariter dispositis argute instructo, necnon inter’pustulas grosse alutaceo; elytris longiusculis, sub- parallelis; antennis nigro-piceis; pedibus testaceis.—Long. corp, lin, 4. Trichopteryx canariensis, Matth., loc. cit. 249 (1864). Habitat Teneriffam et Gomeram, 4 W. D. Crotch collecta. Genus PTINELLA. (Motschulsky) Matth., a Zool. xvi. 6106 (1858). Ptinella Proteus. P. rufo-testacea, profunde punctata, longe pubescens ; capite magno; prothorace capite latiore, antice dilatato, basi contracto, angulis anticis productis rotundatis, posticis acutis; elytris oblongis, pro- thorace vix latioribus sed multo profundius punctatis, apice singu- latim rotundatis; abdomine longo, obtuso, segmentis 5 apertis ; antennis pedibusque pallidis, parum robustis.—Long. corp. lin. vix 4 Variat aptera vel alata, necnon alis oculisque aut nigris aut pallidis. Ptinella Proteus, Matth., in Zool. xx. 8262 (1862). Habitat Maderam, sub cortice in inferioribus rarissima. Detected by the late Mr. Bewicke in Madeira proper—under bark, near Funchal. 16 APPENDIX. Fam, NITIDULIDA. Genus BRACHYPTERUS. Kugelann, in Schneid. Mag. 506 (1794). Brachypterus 2neomicans, n. sp. B. oblongo-ovatus, convexus, viridi-eneo micans, grosse aureo-pu- bescens, profunde, parce et subequaliter punctatus; prothorace postice paulo angustiore; antennis pedibusque testaceis, illarum clava nigrescente.—Long. corp. lin. 1. Variat (immaturus ?) elytris subtestaceo-dilutioribus. Habitat Gomeram, rarissimus. Specimina duo collegerunt DD.Crotch. Obs.—A. B. velato differt colore «neo, multo magis metallico, pube robustiore ac magis aurea, profundius et preesertim in capite minus dense punctatus, prothorace sensim longiore (minus trans- verso), ad latera minus equaliter rotundato (sc. postice sensim angustato, ergo angulis posticis minus rotundatis). Two examples of this Brachypterus were captured in Gomera by the Messrs, Crotch. They are unquestionably distinct from the B. velatus,—being not only more seneous and metallic, with their pubescence even coarser still, and of a much more golden hue, but their entire punctation is deeper and (particularly on the head) less dense, and their prothorax is appreciably longer or less transverse, and less evenly rounded at the sides (being in fact perceptibly nar- rowed posteriorly, causing the basal angles to be less rounded or more defined). Genus CARPOPHILUS. (Leach) Steph., ZU. Brit. Ent. iii. 50 (1830). Carpophilus tersus, n. sp. C. latiusculus, depressiusculus, subopacus, minute griseo-pubescens, densissime et argute punctatus, niger; elytris singulis macula magna, media obliqua rufo-testacea ornatis ; prothorace convexiore, latiusculo, ad latera eequaliter rotundato, angulis anticis acutius- culis, posticis subrotundatis; scutello magno abdomineque nitidi- oribus ; antennarum articulis subbasalibus vix dilutioribus ; pedi- bus piceis, tarsis rufo-testaceis.—Long. corp. lin, vix 12. Habitat Gomeram, & DD. Crotch intra Euphorbiam emortuam semel captus. A single example of this distinct Carpophilus was taken by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera, from out of a dead Euphorbia; and it + would appear, consequently, not only to be truly indigenous but = APPENDIX. 17 even of Huphorbia-infesting habits. It is larger, broader, less shining, more depressed, and rather less coarsely pubescent than the C. hemipterus; its punctation is sharper, and perhaps still more dense ; its prothorax is wider, and more rounded at the sides; its limbs are rather darker and longer; and each of its elytra has a large central, oblique reddish spot in the middle of the disk. Fam. COLYDIADZ. Genus TARPHIUS. (Germar) Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 256 (1848). Tarphius angustulus. Z’. angustus, rufo-piceus vel piceo-ferrugineus, fere calvus (oculo fortissime armato minute et parce fulvo-cinereo pubescens) ; pro- thorace elongato, postice gradatim ac leviter angustiore, ad latera oblique subrecto, granulis maximis depressis obsito ; elytris paral- lelis, minus sculpturatis, nec nodosis nec carinatis, concoloribus ; antennis pedibusque vix clarioribus.—Long. corp. lin. 1. Tarphius angustulus, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. x. 289 (1862). Habitat in montibus Madere australis, 4 Dom. Moniz in castanetis supra urbem Funchalensem repertus. Tarphius angusticollis. f. subrotundato-ovatus, subnitidus, niger; prothorace angusto, an- tice et postice attenuato, angulis anticis valde acutis porrectis, granulis crebris maximis depressis obsito; elytris rotundatis, con- vexis, concoloribus, profunde seriatim punctatis, interstitiis alternis leviter elevatis interruptis nodos distinctos (plus minus aureo- setosos) efformantibus ; femoribus tibiisque nigrescenti-piceis ; tarsis antennisque picescenti-ferrugineis, harum capitulo sensim majusculo.—Long. corp. lin. 14-12. Tarphius angusticollis, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 252 (1860). Habitat Maderam sylvaticam, in regione excelsa Fanalensi 4 Dom. Bewicke, sestate a.p, 1859, parce captus. Tarphius setosus, n. sp. T. sublate oblongus, granulis squamisque fuscis vestitus et setis longiusculis erectis fuscis pallidioribusque obsitus; prothorace ad latera regulariter et subsequaliter rotundato ; elytris subnodosis (nodis vix exstantibus, valde obtusis, sed seepius slate Pee ee neebUB) antennis pedibusque rufo-ferrugineis. —Long. corp. lin. 14-23. Habitat Gomeram, in lauretis humidis excelsis 4 DD. Crotch estate b 18 APPENDIX, A.D. 1864 repertus: necnon etiam in ins. Hierro specimen unicum ceperunt. — % Obs.—Species 7’. canariensi aliquo modo affinis, sed major, latior, postice obtusior (7. e. magis truncate declivis) setisque longioribus magis erectis fuscis pallidioribusque obsita; prothorace ad latera magis squaliter rotundato (nec postice subito angustiore); ely- trorum nodis multo minus exstantibus sed plerumque multo letius rufescentibus, interstitiis alternis sensim latioribus. This fine Tarphius would appear to be the representative in Gomera of the 7’. canariensis—which occurs, under slightly altered phases, in Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and Palma. For although I feel com- pelled in my diagnosis of the latter to recognize for it a rather wide range of variation, I nevertheless cannot myself believe that the present one should be included amongst any of the insular modifica- tions of that species. And yet I would not wish to imply positively that such may not be the case, for it certainly does seem strange if the almost universal 7’. canariensis should be absent from the laurel- districts of Gomera; so that I should prefer to leave the question an open one, that it may be solved by others (who may have occa- sion to consider it) in accordance with their belief in the modifying effects of surrounding circumstances on external insect form. I would however simply remark that the idea of its being any local state of the 7. canariensis appears to be negatived by the fact of its existing likewise in Hierro, from which island a single specimen was brought by the Messrs. Crotch differing in no appreciable par- ticular from the Gomeran ones. And moreover we can scarcely yet pronounce for certain that the canariensis proper is not to be met with (likewise) in some of the unexplored laurel-woods of Gomera, Judging from an immense series now before me, collected by Dr. Crotch and his brother in the laurel-districts above Hermigua in Gomera, the 7’. setosus would seem to differ from all the forms of the canariensis in being on the average considerably larger and relatively broader (the subanal region being also more truncated, or obtuse), in its sete being much longer and more erect (a portion of them moreover being comparatively pale), in its prothorax being more equally rounded at the sides (having scarcely any tendency to be suddenly narrowed behind), and in its elytral nodules being much less developed, though at the same time nearly always conspicuously blotched (or rufescent). Although, like most of the Zarphii, very variable in size, it is a remarkably constant species in all other APPENDIX. 19 respects; for out of 171 individuals which I have examined, I can see no tendency to any aberration worth recording. Tarphius humerosus, n. sp. Ff. subquadrato-oblongus, crassus, granulis maximis squamisque fuscis rugose et densissime vestitus necnon setulis brevibus fuscis parcissime irroratus; prothorace brevi, transverso, ad latera ante medium rotundato, postice oblique subrecto; elytris ad humeros ipsos late exstantibus, distincte nodosis (nodis concoloribus, sed subter squamis paulo rufescentibus); antennis pedibusque brevi- bus, rufo-piceis.—Long. corp. lin. 2. Habitat Gomeram sylvaticam excelsam, rarissimus. The thick, squarish-oblong, and very coarsely granuled body of this Tarphius, in conjunction with its dull brown, thickly scaly, but almost unsetose surface, and the tolerably developed nodes of its elytra (of which the humeral angles are very prominent, and which therefore exceed far in breadth at their extreme base the posterior region of the prothorax), will sufficiently distinguish it. Its pro- thorax (which is short) has the sides evenly rounded before the middle, but rather straightened (though obliquely so) behind; and its limbs are somewhat abbreviated. The only three examples of it which I have seen were taken by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera, in company with the preceding and following species. Tarphius affinis, n. sp. 7’. preecedenti similis, sed vix minor et angustior, granulis minoribus (tamen magnis) vestitus setisque longioribus subdemissis densius (tamen parce) adspersus; prothorace sensim longiore minusque transverso; elytris ad humeros minus exstantibus necnon ubique levius nodosis, in limbo grossius serratis.—Long. corp. lin. 13-2. Habitat Gomeram, haud infrequens, una cum precedentibus degens. Twenty examples of this Tarphius were taken by Dr. Crotch and his brother at a high elevation in the laurel-districts of Gomera, in company with the other species here enunciated. It is a good deal allied to the 7. hwmerosus, but is a trifle smaller and narrower; and the granules with which it is everywhere densely beset, although large and coarse, are not so large as in that insect. Its sete, also, though remote, are longer and more conspicuous; its prothorax is a little less abbreviated, and not quite so transverse; and its elytra, which are considerably less nodose, have their humeral angles less prominent (or developed). b2 20 APPENDIX. ~Tarphius abbreviatus, n. sp. r. breviusculus, rotundato-quadratus, granulis squamisque densi! densissime vestitus necnon setulis brevissimfs cinereo-fuscis de- missis parce irroratus; prothorace brevi, subsemicireulari, postice paulo angustato ; elytris brevibus (postice truncate declivibus), conspicue multinodosis (nodis concoloribus, rarius subrufescenti- bus) ; antennis pedibusque brevibus, rufo-piceis.—Long. corp. lin. 11-vix 2, Habitat Gomeram, vulgaris ; in locis similibus ac pracedentes. The rather small size and rounded-quadrate outline of this Tar- phius, combined with its rough, densely scaly but almost unsetose surface, the numerous and somewhat largely developed nodes of its shortened elytra, its sub-semicircular prothorax, and abbreviated limbs, will readily separate it from the other species here described. It appears to be very abundant in the laurel-districts of Gomera at a high elevation, from whence I have just examined 71 specimens (all exceedingly constant in their characters) which were captured by the Messrs. Crotch. Tarphius monstrosus, n. sp. T. magnus, oblongo-quadratus, granulis squamisque fuscis dense vestitus necnon setulis brevissimis minutis fulvis demissis preeser- tim in nodis irroratus; prothorace amplo, ad latera regulariter rotundato sed ante medium latiore; elytris multinodosis (nodis concoloribus, conspicuis, bene distinctis, altis sed vix magnis) ; antennis pedibusque rufo-piceis:—Long. corp. lin. 2-22. Habitat in lauretis Gomer, vulgaris. ' This is probably the largest of the Tarphii hitherto detected, unless indeed the 7’. gigas from Teneriffe (of which I have seen as yet but two examples, one of which is scarcely smaller than the larger ones of the monstrosus) be found to equal it in bulk. It is remarkable, inter alia, for its numerous and well-defined elytral nodules (which however, although greatly raised, are not particu- larly large). It appears to be the Gomeran representative of the Teneriffan 7. gigas, though at the same time most abundantly dis- tinct from that insect. It may be known from it by its differently shaped prothorax (which is much larger and more developed, con- siderably broader and more rounded in front, more recurved at the edges, and with the anterior angles less acute), by its elytra being very much more convex, with their nodules more numerous, con- siderably more elevated, and better defined, by its sculpture being less coarse, and its body less thickened and more clothed with a APPENDIX. yt minute fulvous pile. Like the 7. abbreviatus and setosus, it seems to be common in the laurel-regions of Gomera, where it was dis- covered by Dr. Crotch and his brother during the summer of 1864. It is also a very constant species, since out of 186 examples which I have inspected carefully I can detect no appreciable deviation from its type. Tarphius Wolffii, n. sp. JT. parallelo-oblongus, piceus, setulis brevibus tectus;. prothorace ante medium latiusculo, ad latera regulariter rotundato, utrinque late explanato; elytris postice truncate declivibus, grosse seriatim punctatis, leviter nodosis (nodis subglabris, paulo rufescentiori- bus); antennis pedibusque rufo-testaceis.—Long. corp. lin. 2. Habitat Maderam australem, in castanetis editioribus supra urbem Funchalensem 4 Dom. C. Wolff, M.D., nuper detectus. Obs.—Species 7’. truncato affinis, sed differt corpore majore la- tiore, prothorace preesertim ampliore latiore ante medium multo magis rotundato et utrinque latius explanato, elytris sensim minus lateraliter compressis, in interstitiis alternis minus (sc. vix) elevatis et in nodulis minus setosis. Two examples of this Zarphius have lately been communicated by . Dr. C. Wolff, an energetic Prussian coleopterist who has worked carefully in the south of Madeira. They were captured by him in the chestnut-woods at “ the Mount,” in company with the equally rare 7’. rugosus ; and I have much pleasure in dedicating the species to him. It is evidently much allied to the 7’. truncatus, with which indeed in its colour and sculpture, as well as in the rather truncated hinder region of its elytra, it agrees. It is, however, both larger and relatively broader than that insect; its prothorax especially is wider and more developed, being much more rounded before the middle and more broadly flattened towards the edges; and its elytra are less compressed laterally, with their alternate interstices less evidently raised (indeed scarcely raised at all), and their nodules more isolated and somewhat less setose. Genus PROSTHECA. Wollaston, Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 254 (1860). Prostheca aspera. P. linearis, fusco-ferruginea, subopaca ;. capite prothoraceque rugo- sis, tuberculatis ac setulis paucis valde distantibus obsitis, héc fere eequali, postice angustiore, ad latera oblique recto, angulis anticis 22 APPENDIX. porrectis paulo explanatis subrecurvis ; elytris obsoletissime sub- seriatim punctatis, interstitiis subcrenato-costatis et setulis longi- tudinaliter obsitis ; antennis pedibusque vix pallidioribus.—Long. ~ corp. lin. 1. Prostheca aspera, Woll., loc. cit. 255 (1860). Habitat Maderam, 4 Dom. Bewicke in inferioribus semel reperta. Fam. CRYPTOPHAGID/A. Genus CRYPTOPHAGUS. Herbst, Kaf. iv. 172 (1792). Cryptophagus impressus, n. sp. C. oblongo-fusiformis, subnitidus, fusco-ferrugineus, pube brevi om- nino depressai parce vestitus ; prothorace transverso-subquadrato, postice paulo angustiore, ad latera oblique subrecto, denticulo medio acuto armato necnon ad angulos anticos in dentem magnum ampliato, in disco convexo, basi in medio late transversim desi- nenti-impresso ; elytris subfusiformibus, convexis ; antennis brevi- usculis.—Long. corp. lin. 1. Habitat Teneriffam, rarissimus. Specimina duo ceperunt DD. Crotch. Two examples of this Oryptophagus were captured in Teneriffe by the Messrs. Crotch; and it is totally distinct from all the species with which I am acquainted. It may be known by its rather fusiform outline, somewhat shining surface, short and perfectly decumbent pubescence, and by the structure of its prothorax—which is squarish- transverse, but a little narrowed posteriorly, deeply impressed (like many of the Atomarie) along the central portion of the extreme base, and with the sides nearly straight (though oblique) and furnished with a minute denticle in the centre, whilst the front angles are enlarged into a very prominent (though not particularly elongate) backwardly-pointed tooth. Its antennz appear to be rather short, and its punctation (particularly on the elytra) not very coarse. Genus ATOMARIA. (Kirby) Steph., IU. Brit. Ent. iii. 64 (1830). Atomaria laticollis, n. sp. A, oblongo-ovalis, pube grossé fulvo-cinereé demiss4 parce vestita, fusco-picea ; prothorace magno, lato, convexo, per basin ipsissimam constricto, profunde et dense punctato, ad latera valde et xqualiter rotundato ; elytris convexis, levius ac minus dense punctatis, antice (et interdum postice quoque) gradatim ac plus minus clare dilutio- APPENDIX. 23 ribus (se, rufo-testaceis) ; antennis (saltem in maribus) elongatis, rufo-ferrugineis ; pedibus rufo-testaceis.—Long. corp. lin. 3-1. Variat (preesertim immatura) pallidior, interdum etiam omnino rufo- ferruginea. Habitat in intermediis Teneriffe, 4 DD. Crotch ad Yeod el Alto capta. A remarkable species, which was taken by the Messrs. Crotch (rather abundantly), during their late Canarian campaign, at Ycod el Alto in. Teneriffe. It is at once conspicuous for its very large, broad, convex, laterally rounded, and deeply and closely punctured prothorax, and for its elytra being more or less brightly (though gradually) diluted in hue, or rufo-testaceous, towards their base. It varies, however, a good deal in the intensity of its colouring, some examples (particularly immature ones) being altogether reddish- ferruginous. Its antenne, likewise, at any rate of the males, are longer than is the case in the ordinary Atomariae. Atomaria venusta, n. sp. A, ovalis, parce sed distincte punctata, nitidissima et pube minutis- sima brevissimaé albidé parcissime irrorata; capite prothoraceque rufis, hé¢ subconico, basi vix constricto sed in media parte profunde transyersim impresso ; elytris convexis, nigris, ad apicem interdum paulo dilutioribus; antennis crassis, rufo-ferrugineis; pedibus rufo-testaceis.—Long. corp. lin, 2. Habitat Gomeram, 4 DD. Crotch in intermediis lecta. Obs.—A. rubricolli statura, colore habituque generali affinis, sed nitidior, minus pubescens (fere pube carens) ac minus dense et paulo minus profunde punctata; prothorace subangustior, minus transverso, magis conico, ad latera minus rotundato et minus crasse marginato, per basin minus constricto, sed in media parte eviden- tius profundiusque transversim impresso. Taken in Gomera, during the summer of 1864, by the Messrs. Crotch. It is strictly the representative in that island of the Tene- riffan A. rubricollis, which indeed in general colour and aspect it so nearly resembles that at first sight it might almost be mistaken for it. When closely inspected, however, it will be seen to possess many characteristics of its own, which remain perfectly constant in every specimen I have examined; and I have not the least doubt, therefore, that it is truly distinct from its Teneriffan ally. Thus, it is more highly polished, much less pubescent (there being scarcely any appearance of clothing at all except when viewed beneath the microscope), and less densely and rather more finely punctured ; and 24 APPENDIX. its prothorax is a little narrower (or less transverse), more conical, less rounded (and more narrowly margined) at the sides, and less constricted along its extreme base—though, at the same time, more deeply, and definitely, impressed transversely in the centre. Atomaria bulbosa, n. sp. A, ovata, nitidissima, pube cinereé demissa parce vestita, nigra vel fusco-nigra ; prothorace subconico, minute punctulato ; elytris con- vexis, distinctius punctulatis, aut concoloribus aut antice et per suturam obscure dilutioribus (se. rufescentioribus) ; antennis pedi- busque ineequaliter ac saturate rufo-testaceis. i Oe corp. lin. 2-vix 3. Variat plus minus distincte rufescentior, necnon immatura omnino rufo-ferruginea. Habitat Gomeram, 4 DD. Crotch sat copiose deprehensa. An interesting little Atomaria which was discovered in Gomera, during the summer of 1864, by the Messrs. Crotch. There can be no doubt that it is a truly indigenous species, partaking in some measure of the general character and structure which obtain in the A. insecta and alternans of the Madeiran Group. Although by no means minute, it is the smallest of the Atomaria hitherto detected at the Canaries; and it is remarkable for its very shining surface, comparatively rounded bulbose form, and its usually dark hue. The colour however is (as in most of the members of this genus) extremely inconstant ; for although when mature the insect is generally almost entirely black, it is nevertheless sometimes a little diluted (or rufes- cent) in various parts (particularly towards the base, and along the suture, of its elytra), and immature examples of it are often wholly ferruginous. Fam, LATRIDIIDA. Genus CORTICARIA. Marsham, Ent. Brit. 106 (1802). Corticaria inconspicua. C. elongata, rufo-ferruginea, subdepressa; capite prothoraceque pro- funde et sat crebre punctatis, hoc ad latera presertim postice crenulato, fovea postmedia profunda rotundaté impresso; elytris leviter sed rugulose striato- postions: antennis pedibusque paulo pallidioribus. ~ Long corp. lin. 3-2. Corticaria inconspicua, Woll., tied Nat. Hist. v. 260 (1860). Habitat Maderam, ininferioribus intermediisque sub quisquiliisdegens. APPENDIX. 25 Genus LATRIDIUS. Herbst, Natursyst. v. 8 (1793). Latridius delectus. L. elongatus, angustus, ferrugineus; capite prothoraceque profunde rugoso-punctatis, illo sat magno subquadrato, hoc subquadrato basi leviter angustato; elytris parallelis, profunde seriatim punc- - tatis (punctis magnis), sutura interstitiisque alternis alte elevatis. —Long. corp. lin. 2 Lathridius delectus, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. ti. 409 (1858). Habitat Maderam australem, in inferioribus rarissimus. Genus METOPHTHALMUS, Wollaston, Ins. Mad. 192 (tend). Metophthalmus asperatus. M. oblongus, rufo-ferrugineus elytris nigrescentibus ; capite ES raceque insequalibus, illo in fronte longitudinaliter binodoso necnon utrinque costato; elytris ad humeros obtuse subrectis, profunde seriatim punctatis, interstitiis alternis costato-elevatis.—Long. corp. lin. #1. Metophthalmus asperatus, Woll., Ins. Mad.-193, tab, iv. f. 4 (1854). — —, ld., Cat, Mad. Col. 67 (1857). Habitat Maderam sylvaticam, sub cortice arido necnon inter lignum aridum antiquum hine inde sat vulgaris. Three very distinct Metophthalmi having now been detected in Madeira, and two at the Canaries, I have thought it desirable to give (in addition to those of the new ones) a short and corrected diagnosis even of the species which have already been described,— in order that the more salient points in which they differ from each other may be better understood. In insects thus minute, however, I have not considered it necessary to advert to the exact proportions of their antennal joints, though a careful comparison of them under _ the microscope will show that there are nevertheless, in each case, slight but positive distinctions which will further tend (when seen) to characterize the several exponents of the group. The Madeiran M, asperatus is the largest of the génus yet detected, and it is likewise more oblong and parallel than any of the remainder, The colour too of its head and prothorax, in mature specimens, is always of a ferruginous red, whilst the elytra are darker—being, more or less, of a piceous-black. 26 APPENDIX. Metophthalmus ferrugineus, n. sp. M. precedenti fere similis, sed oblongo-ovatus, postice paulo con- vexior, necnon omnino ferrugineus, elytris minus grosse seriatim punctatis.—Long. corp. lin. 2. Habitat in ins. Hierro, 4 DD. Crotch nuper lectus. Captured abundantly by the Messrs. Crotch in Hierro, the most western island of the Canarian Group. It is a little more ovate (and convex posteriorly) than the last species, and entirely of a ferruginous hue; and its elytra are less coarsely seriate-punctate. It seems likewise, on the average, to be a trifle smaller than the M. asperatus. I believe that the Messrs. Crotch’s examples were ob- tained by sifting dead leaves, and other rubbish, in the wooded district of El Golfo. Metophthalmus encaustus, n. sp. M. minor, brevior, regulariter ovatus, vel omnino rufo-ferrugineus vel in elytris obscurior ; elytris ad humeros paulo magis porrectis, acutioribus, et valde profunde seriatim punctatis (punctis maxi- mis).—Long. corp. lin, 2. Habitat in intermediis sylvaticis Teneriffe et Gomere (preesertim hujus), inter lignum aridum antiquum necnon sub foliis aridis dejectis occurrens. Of this little Metophthalmus I took a single example in Teneriffe (in the laurel-wood at Las Mercedes), during June 1858, but as I unfortunately lost it I had no opportunity of drawing out a diagnosis and including it in my Canarian Catalogue. It has however been captured lately by the Messrs. Crotch (sparingly in Teneriffe, but abundantly in Gomera), by szfting fallen leaves—a most profitable method of collecting, which I did not adopt. The M. encaustus is an exceedingly well-marked species; for although it may be said to be decidedly variable in hue (being some- times entirely rufo-ferruginous, and at others with the head and prothorax of that colour whilst the elytra are considerably darker), | nevertheless its comparatively ovate outline and the perfectly enor- mous punctures of its elytra (which have their shoulders more or less porrected, or acute) will easily distinguish it from the others here enumerated. It is smaller than either of the preceding species, but larger than the following ones. Metophthalmus sculpturatus. M. precedenti affinis sed minor, vix minus ovatus, prothorace ad APPENDIX. a latera minus explanato-subrecurvo, elytris ad humeros obtuse rectioribus (paulo minus acutis).—Long. corp. lin. vix 2. Metophthalmus sculpturatus, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. x. 290 (1862), Habitat in Maderz intermediis, sub cortice Platani laxo & Dom. Bewicke detectus. In its rather variable hue, as well as in the enormous punctures of its elytra, this Metophthalmus is nearly coincident with the M. encaus- tus; and indeed it may properly be regarded as the Madeciran repre- sentative of that species. Although thus far agreeing with it, how- ever, I am satisfied that the two are perfectly distinct. Thus, the M. sculpturatus is very conspicuously smaller than its Canarian ally, and also just perceptibly less ovate (or more parallel), its prothorax is considerably less flattened-outwards (or expanded) at the sides, and its shoulders are less acute. It was detected, in abundance, by the late Mr. Bewicke in Madeira proper,—under the dry, loosened bark of plane-trees (at the Palheiro) on the mountains above Funchal. Metophthalmus exiguus. M. precedentibus multo minor, angustulus, ovalis, omnino ferrugi- neus ; elytrorum punctis multo minoribus, interstitiisque minus costato-elevatis.—Long. corp. lin, 3. Metophthalmus exiguus, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 261 (1860). Habitat Maderam, 4 Dom. Bewicke in inferioribus semel lectus. This diminutive Metophthalmus differs from all the preceding ones in its very small size and comparatively narrow and more or less oval (or elliptic) outline, as well as in its elytral sculpture being comparatively fine, with the alternate interstices less raised. In colour it seems to be entirely ferruginous,—judging at least from the only example which has been brought to light, and which was captured in Madeira proper by the late Mr. Bewicke, amongst Euphorbia-refuse which he had brought from Porto Novo in the east of the island. It is probable therefore that the species is of Euphorbia-infesting habits; though, at the same time, it is un- doubtedly possible that the presence of Mr. Bewicke’s specimen in that particular spot may have been merely accidental. Fam. DERMESTIDA. Genus ANTHRENUS. Geoffroy, Hist, des, Ins, i, 113 (1764). 28: APPENDIX. Anthrenus minor, n. sp. a; sblonge Salt (nec rotundatus), angustulus, niger, supra parce lurido-irroratus ; prothorace basi utrinque albido-maculato ; elytris fasciis tribus dentatis albidis (plus minus conspicuis) ornatis ; ‘ infra albidus; antennis (11-articulatis) pedibusque ferrugineis, illarum clava (2- -articulata) picescentiore.—Long. corp. lin. 3-11, Anthrenus claviger, Woll. [nec Erich.|, Cat. Can. Col. 161 (1864). Habitat in Gomera, Palma et Hierro, ad flores varios (presertim Euphorbiarum) hine inde parum vulgaris, In my Canarian Catalogue I recorded this insect as the A. claviger of Erichson, a mistake which arose from my haying omitted to examine its antennee with sufficient care. But although so closely resembling that species in its external aspect that I did not hesitate to refer it toit even without a microscopic observation, I nevertheless now perceive that its 10-jointed antenne with their biarticulate club remove it in reality into a different Section—of which the common A. museorum is a member ; and it would seem consequently to com- bine the small size, oblong outline, and general colouring of the A, claviger with the structural features of the muscorum-group. I think it extremely likely that it may be identical with the Medi- terranean A. minutus, which is cited in the last edition of the ‘ Cat. Col. Kur.’ as probably conspecific with the A. molitor of Aubé; but as I have not been able to procure a type either of Aubé’s insect or ° of Kiister’s, I cannot decide whether the details of its antennz will admit of its being identified with either (or both) of them. I have taken the A. minor rather abundantly in the intermediate elevations of Palma; andit was found by the Messrs. Crotch, during the summer of 1864, both in Gomera and Hierro—principally on the blossoms of the Euphorbias. Fam. BYRRHIDZ. Genus SYNCALYPTA. (Dillwyn) Steph., JU. Brit. Ent, iii. 183 (1830). Syncalypta granulosa, n. sp. S. obovata, convexa, nigra, setis rigidis parce obsita; prothorace punctato; elytris (presertim antice et postice) granulatis, leviter punctato-striatis (punctis levibus, inter se remotis); antennis pedibusque rufo-ferrugineis.—Long. corp. lin. 1}. Habitat Gomeram, 4 DD. Crotch in editioribus parcissime lecta. APPENDIX. 29 ‘ Three examples of this Syncalypta were taken by the Messrs. Crotch, during the summer of 1864, from under dry leaves in the sylvan districts of Gomera. It may at once be known by its obovate outline ; by its elytra (when their scales are removed) being granu- lated and subopake, with their striz fine, and but lightly and remotely punctured; and by the last joint of its antennal club being rounded, and not much developed. Fam. HISTERIDA. Genus ACRITUS. Le Conte, Proc. Acad. Philadel. iii, 288 (1853). § I. Prothorax lined (plus minus punctatd) ante basin impressus. Acritus gemmula, n. sp. A, ovalis, castaneus, nitidissimus; prothorace (oculo fortissime ar- mato) parce et minute punctulato, per marginem ipsissimum posticum serie punctorum leviter impresso necnon ante basin lined subpunctata transversd (utrinque evanescente) distincte instructo ; elytris versus humeros obsoletissime oblique substriatis; sternis parcissime obsolete subpunctulatis, prosterni striis integris, antice et postice gradatim subeequaliter arcuatis, mesosterno subsemicir- culari sed antice paulo truncato, ubique tenuiter marginato, sutura postica indistineté; pygidio et propygidio parcissime minute sub- punctulatis ; antennis pedibusque piceo-testaceis, tibiis gracilibus (anticis vix latioribus, extus minutissime setuloso-ciliatis).—Long. corp. lin. 4. | Variat elytris (oculo fortissime armato) parce et levissime oblique substrigulosis. Habitat Gomeram, 4 DD. Crotch sub truncis laurorum putridis in montibus excelsis captus. The diminutive size, oval outline, and highly polished surface of this little Acritus (which is of a bright castaneous, or chestnut, hue, with the limbs paler) will at once suffice to distinguish it. Prima face indeed it is so unlike the ordinary members of the genus that it was not until I had dissected it carefully that I perceived it to be an Acritus at all; but the details of its mouth and feet (the hinder pair of which have, as usual, the first and second articulations com- pletely confluent inter se) are on the ordinary type, unless indeed the terminal joint of its maxillary and labial palpi be a trifle longer and more acute. The proportions of its 7-jointed funiculus, and the minute inner lobe of its very short maxille, are quite in accordance with what obtains in the normal Acriti. Several specimens of it 30 APPENDIX. were captured by the Messrs. Crotch, beneath dead wood, in the laurel-districts of Gomera—* at the foot of the cataract, above Her- migua.” Fam. THROSCIDA. Genus THROSCUS. Latreille, Préc. des Caract. 42 (1796). § I. Ocult integri. Throscus latiusculus, n. sp. 7’. obovato-elongatus (antice latiusculus), niger, subnitidus, ubique crebre et minutissime punctulatus, dense flavescenti-cinereo pu- bescens ; fronte tenuiter bicostata (costis postice, longe ante basin evanescentibus) ; prothorace latiusculo, in disco convexo, postice in medio distincte transversim biimpresso, punctis majoribus sat argute irrorato; elytris leviter subpunctato-striatis, interstitiis punctatis ; antennis pedibusque piceo-ferrugineis, tarsis testaceis. Long. corp. lin. 14-14. Habitat in Hierro, a DD. Crotch deprehensus. A Throscus which would seem to be peculiar to Hierro, the most western of the Canarian islands, where several examples of it were captured by the Messrs. Crotch. It may be known from the other species here enumerated by its comparatively broad outline (par- ticularly in front), dark hue, and rather strongly punctured surface ; by its frontal costes being much abbreviated behind ; by its prothorax being relatively wider, and more rounded at the sides; and by its elytra being somewhat less straightened, and elongated posteriorly. Throscus elongatulus, n. sp. T.. preecedenti similis, sed omnino angustior ac magis elongatus, pos- tice seepius evidentius subdilutior ; costis frontalibus postice minus abbreviatis (sed vix ad marginem pronoti anticum ductis); pro- thorace magis conico, ad latera minus rotundato (magis oblique recto); elytris longioribus, postice magis attenuato-productis ; punctura paululum subtiliore.—Long. corp. lin. 13-13. Habitat Teneriffam, Gomeram et Palmam, in sylvaticis humidis rarissimus. Likewise Canarian, having been obtained by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera (by sifting leaves and rubbish, above Hermigua); and I captured a few specimens, which I belzeve should be referred to the same species, in Teneriffe and Palma. It is altogether narrower, APPENDIX. 31 and proportionately more elongated, than the 7’. latiusculus ; its pro- thorax is more strictly conical, and rather less widened behind the middle,—being more straightened obliquely, or less rounded, at the sides; its elytra are more gradually, and straighily, attenuated (or lengthened) posteriorly, where also they are usually somewhat more diluted and rufescent, or less black; its entire punctation is a trifle finer; and its frontal coste are less abbreviated behind, though scarcely continued to the anterior edge of the pronotum. The above diagnosis is drawn out from Gomeran examples; and I should add that a, Palman one now before me is a little smaller, browner, and more oval, and has the ridges of its forehead somewhat more produced posteriorly. Whether those from Teneriffe accord best with the Palman or the Gomeran forms I am not able to say, for I have at present no Teneriffan individual for comparison; but the question is not a very important one, for I do not think that such minute differences can indicate more, at the utmost, than slight insular phases of a single species. The 7’. elongatulus is very closely allied to the Madeiran 7’. integer, of which I am far from certain that it is more than a geographical modification, and with which indeed in my late Canarian Catalogue I actually identified it. I think however it will be more prudent to keep it separate,—the fact of its frontal keels being less decidedly lengthened behind, in conjunction with its prothorax being a little more sparingly punctured, more convex on the disk, and more im- pressed at the base, and its elytral striae being coarser, rendering it probable (when its different habitat is taken into account) that it may perhaps be specifically distinct. Nevertheless if it should prove ultimately to be a mere variety of the 7’. integer, of course the latter name will have to be adopted. Throscus integer. T. elongato affinis, sed magis brunneus; costis frontalibus postice minus evanescentibus (usque ad marginem pronoti anticum ductis) ; prothorace subdensius punctato, in disco vix minus convexo et basi paulo levius impresso ; a a striis sensim levioribus.— Long. corp. lin, 1~1?. Trixagus integer, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 82 (1857). Habitat Maderam sylvaticam, in humidis subeditioribus rarissimus. Found in the damp laurel-woods of Madeira proper, at a rather high altitude, where it would appear to be extremely rare. As already stated, it is very closely allied to the 7. elongatulus of the 32 APPENDIX. & Canarian Group, of which perhaps it may be but a geographical modification. It seems to differ from that insect, principally, in its frontal costee being less decidedly evanescent behind, or more sharply produced to the anterior margin of the prothorax; in the latter being a little more thickly punctured, less convex on the disk, and less deeply branded at the base; and in its elytral strie being rather more lightly impressed. Fam. PTINIDA. Genus CASOPUS. Wollaston, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. i. 194 (1862). Casopus pedatus, n. sp. C. dilaticolli similis, sed paulo major; prothorace antice minus evi- denter dilatato; elytris magis inflatis, antice et postice obtusi- oribus, pilis erectis plerumque subdensius obsitis, distinctius sub- striato-punctatis, costis 4 basalibus magis elevatis; tarsorum posticorum masculorum articulo basali magis inflato (sc. maximo). Long. corp. lin. 13-21. Habitat Gomeram, & DD. Crotch sat copiose repertus. Two examples of this Casopus were taken by Dr. Crotch in Gomera during the spring of 1862; and although I drew attention in my Canarian Catalogue to a few of the points in which they differed from the ordinary Teneriffan ones, nevertheless on account of their being females [ had no opportunity of perceiving the much greater development of the basal articulation of the two hinder feet of the male—which indeed is almost as conspicuously enlarged as is the case even in the C. subcalvus from Hierro. Hence I thought it sufficient just to mention that the characters which separated the Gomeran insect from the C. dilaticollis were so few and unimportant (even though at once appreciable) that I considered it would be unsafe to record it as more than a “var. y” of that species. But more ex- tensive material having since been obtained by Dr. Crotch and his brother, during their late sojourn in Gomera, I am now able to perceive—not only that the features which had been already alluded to are more pronounced and constant. than I had anticipated, but likewise that the first joint of the posterior tarsi of their male sex is so very much more inflated that I think we must of necessity regard this Gomeran Casopus as truly and specifically distinct from its Teneriffan ally. APPENDIX. 33 Apart from the structural difference just mentioned, the C. pedatus recedes from the dilaticollis in being on the average a little larger, in its prothorax being less evidently expanded in front, and in its elytra being perceptibly rounded (or more globose), with their basal ridges (or inequalities) rather more developed, and their strix a little deeper and much more conspicuously punctured. Genus SPHAERICUS. Wollaston, Ins. Mad. 263 (1854). Sphericus ambiguus, n. sp. S. albopicto affinis, sed major ac grossius sculpturatus, prothorace ad latera paulo magis sed elytris vix minus rotundatis, antennis pedi- busque crassioribus ac sepius clarioribus.—Long. corp. lin. -11, Habitat Maderam, & Dom. Bewicke deprehensus. Although unwilling to establish an additional species amongst - insects so variable as the Spherici, yet a series of examples now before me which were taken by the late Mr. Bewicke in Madeira proper differ so decidedly from all the states of the albopictus hitherto detected, whilst at the same time there is no possibility of identifying them with any other member of the genus enumerated in this volume, that I am compelled in the present instance to do so. Judging from some of the specimens, the S. ambiguus would appear to ascend to a larger size than the albopictus; and its limbs, which are generally of a clearer hue, are thicker and more developed; its sculpture is coarser; and its prothorax is perhaps a little more rounded at the sides, whilst its elytra are (if anything) somewhat less so. Sphericus marmoratus, n. sp. S. fusco-niger vel fusco-piceus ; capite prothoraceque dense et rugose scabrosis, squamis flavescenti-cinereis tectis, hdc parvo, in disco postico subgibboso; elytris rotundato-ovalibus (antice et postice subsequaliter acutis), profunde striato-punctatis, transversim irre- gulariter flavescenti-cinereo squamoso-marmoratis, rarius postice fasciatis ; antennis pedibusque clare rufo-ferrugineis, flavescenti- cinereo squamosis.—Long. corp. lin. 7-vix 1}. Var. (3. rotundata [an species?]. Prothorace etiam densius ac minus grosse scabroso et postice evidentius canaliculato; elytris sub- rotundatioribus (7.¢. ad humeros vix minus declivis oblique) ; antennarum articulis subbrevioribus ac paulo minus robustis. Habitat Gomeram, saltem in statu typico, var. 3 ad ins. Hierro pertinente. C 34 APPENDIX. Taken by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera and Hierro, during the summer of 1864. The state, however, which I have regarded as the typical one belongs to the former of those islands,—the examples from Hierro (var 3. rotundata) having their elytra just perceptibly more rounded outwards (or less falling away) at the shoulders, their prothorax still more densely but less coarsely scabrose (which how- ever can only be perceived when the pubescence is removed) and more evidently channelled behind, and their antennal joints a trifle shorter and less developed. But in spite of these differences (which, after all, are very slight), I do not believe that the Hierro insect can be considered more than an insular phasis of the Gomeran one. Both the Gomeran and Hierro specimens of the Sphericus are abundantly distinct from all the other species of the Canarian group, —their rounded and coarsely striate-punctate elytra, which are ob- scurely marbled transversely with cinereous scales (though seldom much fasciated behind) being sufficient, even alone, to separate it from its allies. Fam. ANOBIADZ. Genus XYLETINUS. Latreille, Regn. An. (ed. 2) iv. 483 (1829). Xyletinus flavicollis, n. sp. X. rufo-brunneus prothorace flavescentiore, nitidus, minutissime (oculo fortissime armato) punctulatus ac pube demissé subcinerea tectus ; antennis pallide brunneus, basi dilutioribus; pedibus pal- lide testaceis—Long. corp. lin. 1. Habitat Gomeram, in caulibus Huphorbie canariensis 4 DD. Crotch lectus. The discovery of this very minute and interesting Xyletimus, which is remarkable for its prothorax being of a more or less distinct yel- lowish tint, is due to the researches of the Messrs. Crotch—who met with if rather commonly in Gomera, within the decayed stalks of the Euphorbia canariensis. The last joint of its maxillary palpi is only feebly securiform, and without any tendency to be excayed along its inner apical edge; and in this respect, therefore, it is more in ac- cordance with the normal Xyletini than any of the following species. Nevertheless, as stated in my observations under the genus Xyletinus, the scooping-out of the terminal articulation is a character which varies so much according to the species (and even, as I believe, APPENDIX. 35 according to the sev) that I do not think it can be regarded, struc- turally, as of much importance. Genus ANOBIUM. Fabricius, Syst. Ent. 62 (1775). Anobium impressum, n. sp. A. elongato-ovatum, nigrum elytris rufo-brunneis, subnitidum, grosse et parce fulvo-cinereo pilosum; prothorace levi, leviter granulato, in disco postico obsolete carinato, ad latera subex- planate marginato, postice in medio lineé transversi impresso ; elytris subasperato-punctulatis (nec striatis), pone basin sensim impressis; antennis pedibusque gracilibus, rufo-ferrugineis, illis presertim in clavé paulo obscurioribus.—Long. corp. lin. 14. Habitat in Hierro, 4 DD. Crotch semel tantum deprehensum. A single example of this very distinct little Anobiwm was taken by the Messrs. Crotch in Hierro, of the Canarian Group. Its elon- gate-ovate outline, added to its head and prothorax being black whilst its elytra are reddish-brown, in conjunction with its rather shining surface (which is sparingly clothed with a coarse fulvo- cinereous pubescence), the short transverse line with which its pro- thorax is impressed in the centre behind, its.conspicuously punctured but unstriated elytra, and its somewhat slender limbs, will at once separate it from every other species hitherto detected in these At- lantic islands. Anobium lyctoides, n. sp. A, angustum, cylindricum, rufo-brunneum, opacum ubique minu- tissime et densissime rugulosum (sed haud punctatum), breviter cinereo-sericeum ; capite obscuriore, oculis magnis sed haud pro- minentibus; prothorace antice valde producto et ibidem gibboso subasperato, utrinque in medio lateraliter compresso, ad latera sinuato et anguste marginato; elytris fere simplicibus (sc. obso- letissime, vix perspicue, substriatis); antennis, articulo basali ex- cepto, tarsisque testaceis.—Long. corp. lin. 1. Habitat Gomeram, rarissimum. Exemplar unicum ceperunt DD. Crotch. The single example from which the above diagnosis has been drawn out was captured by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera, during their late sojourn at the Canaries; and in its extremely narrow, cylindric form, the greatly produced anterior portion of its pronotum, and its unpunctured surface, it offers so many peculiarities that at first sight it might almost be supposed to be generically distinct e2 36 APPENDIX. from Anobium. Nevertheless its structural characters are essentially those of that genus*, though its primd facie aspect has something in common with the Lycti. Apart from its small size and its very narrow and cylindrical outline, it is further remarkable for its sur- face being nearly opake—though. sericeous, and most densely and minutely roughened (but wnpunctured), and for its elytra being nearly simple (only ‘the very faintest possible indications of longi- tudinal striz being just traceable when the insect is viewed obliquely. Its eyes are extremely large, but not prominent (at least in the sex now before me); and its prothorax is laterally compressed on either side in the middle, with its front portion gibbous and much produced over the forehead. Anobium oculatum, n. sp. - A. cylindricum, nigrum vel fusco-nigrum, brevissime et densissime (in elytris cinereo-) sericeum; oculis magnis; prothorace dense granulato, in disco postico obsolete gibboso, ad latera marginato ; elytris levissime striato-crenatis; antennis pedibusque elongatis, robustis, picescentioribus.—Long. corp. lin. 23. Habitat Gomeram, in Euphorbia emortua i DD. Crotch semel captum. This large, dark, and very cylindrical Anobiwmn—which has its eyes greatly developed, its elytra most lightly crenate-striated and densely clothed with a very minute cinereous pubescence, and its limbs rather long and robust—was detected in Gomera by the Messrs. Crotch, during their late Canarian expedition. It appears, from a note now before me, to have been taken out of a ‘sweet Euphorbia.” Fam. BOSTRICHIDE. Genus XYLOPERTHA. Guérin, Ann, de la Soe. Ent. de France, Bull. 17 (1845). Xylopertha ficicola, n. sp. X. in medio glabra, postice flavescenti-pubescens; capite nigro, in limbo longissime fulvo-barbato; prothorace clare rufo-ferrugineo, antice mucronibus magnis asperato et ibidem pilis tenuibus lon- gissimis erectis obsito, postice nitidissimo, fere quasi impunctato (sed oculo fortiter armato parcissime et minute asperato-punctu- * In the (sole remaining) antenna of the specimen before me I can count but five minute joints (instead of six) between the second one and the elongate tri- articulated club; but as the antenna is broken, I have little doubt that the first of these diminutive articulations (at which point the fracture occurred) has been lost. : ae APPENDIX. 37 lato); elytris antice saturate infuscato-testaceis, postice parum subito obscurioribus, vix subseriatim punctatis (punctis postice magnis, antice paulatim minutioribus), ad apicem subito et argute retusis (parte truncata deplanata, margine laterali in elytris sin- gulis gradatim elevato sed ante apicem recurvum acuminatum abrupte terminato, per suturam presertim in medio elevata); an- tennis pedibusque testaceis, ilarum clava tibiisque (saltem anticis) obscurioribus.—Long. corp. lin. 23-23. Habitat Gomeram, in ligno Fict vetuste 4 DD. Crotch copiose collecta. This is the largest of the three Xyloperthe here enumerated ; it is also more brightly coloured (its dark and pale parts, at any rate on the elytra, being more rigidly defined), and likewise less clothed with a decumbent yellowish pubescence,—its central region, namely the hinder half of the prothorax (which is even still more minutely punctulated) and the anterior half of the elytra, being glabrous. But, apart from these and other distinctions, the X. ficccola may readily be known from its Atlantic allies by the retuse apical portion of its elytra, which is much more abrupt and obliquely flattened (and therefore better defined), having its lateral rim gradually raised to within a short distance of the apex (which is itself acuminated, divaricate, and recurved), and there suddenly terminated. The discovery of the X. ficicola is due to the researches of the Messrs. Crotch, who detected it in Gomera, during their late expe- dition to the Canaries,—where I am informed by Mr. G. R. Crotch that a considerable series of it, which are now before me, were bred by them from the decayed wood of an old fig-tree. Xylopertha barbifrons, X. precedenti similis, sed brevior, grossius pubescens (etiam in medio parce sericeo-yestita) et colore omnino obscuriore (etiam partibus pallidioribus magis suffusis infuscatis) ; vertice densius penicillato ; prothorace postice paulo minus polito et ibidem densius ac multo evidentius asperato-punctato (quasi fere granulato); elytrorum parte retusé multo minus abruptaé minusque deplanata, in elytris singulis nodulo parvo obscuro costiformi laterali ante medium terminata (sed margine laterali haud elevato), apice vix producto, vix bipartito, vix recurvo; tarsis (saltem intermediis) etiam sub- longioribus, s¢. longissimis.—Long. corp. lin. vix 2. Xylopertha barbifrons, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 252 (1864). Habitat Palmam, rarissima. In intermediis specimen unicum collegi. Likewise a Canarian Xylopertha, but one of which I have seen hitherto only a single specimen—which was captured by myself in 38 APPENDIX. the island of Palma. This example (from which the above corrected diagnosis has been drawn out) cannot possibly be referred to the preceding species ; and if it be a normal one of its kind, I feel-equally satisfied that it cannot be regarded as any local modification of the Madeiran X. barbata—to which, however, it is more akin than to the sficicola. From the latter it may at once be known by being smaller, relatively shorter, more thickly and coarsely pubeseent (even its central region being sparingly clothed with a decumbent cinereous, or fulvo-cinereous, silken pile), and of an obscurer hue—its dark and paler portions being more suffused, and therefore less defined ; by its head being more densely pencillated; by the hinder half of its pro- thorax being much more evidently roughened with asperated punc- tules; and by the retuse apex of its elytra being much less flattened obliquely and less abrupt, with the lateral rim wnraised (only a small medial part of it, forming an obscure tubercle, being elevated), and with the apex considerably less produced, less recurved, and less divaricate. From the Madeiran species it would seem to differ principally in being relatively shorter and a little more densely pubescent, in the hinder half of its prothorax being more distinctly asperate-punctu- late, and in its retuse elytral apex having the central part less raised and less thickened. Its intermediate tarsi appear to be extremely long. Xylopertha barbata. X. ficicole similis, sed paulo minor densiusque pubescens (etiam in medio parce vestita); prothorace antice nigrescentiore necnon etiam grossius mucronato, postice paulo evidentius subdensiusque aspe- rato-punctulato; elytrorum parte retusi multo minus abrupta minusque deplanata, in elytris singulis nodulo parvo laterali ante apicem (necnon interdum altero obscuriore costiformi medio) ter- minata, apice vix producto, vix bipartito, vix recurvo, per suturam in medio etiam magis elevata et ibidem conspicue bipartité.—Long. corp. lin. 2-33. Enneadesmus barbatus, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 359 (1860). Habitat Maderam, inter lignum aridum vetustum haud procul ab urbe Funchalensi 4 Dom, E. Leacock primo reperta. Obs.—Species X. barbifronti affinis, sed longior, paulo minus grosse pubescens ac letius colorata; vertice minus dense penicil- lato; prothorace antice etiam grossius mucronato et postice minus asperato-punctulato; elytrorum suturé in medio partis retuse magis elevata, magis incrassaté, et magis bipartita; tarsis inter- mediis vix minus elongatis. APPENDIX. 39 A Madeiran species which was first detected by Mr. E. Leacock, at a low elevation, in his garden at the Quinta de Sao Joao, near Funchal ; and which was subsequently found by the late Mr. Bewicke, amongst some old wood in a shed (or out-house) at the Praia Formosa, as well as at the Quinta da Palmeira. The characters which separate it from its two Canarian allies will readily be gathered both from the diagnosis and from the observations which I have already given. Suffice it therefore to add that the very coarsely mucronated anterior region of its prothorax, and the fact of the retuse apex of its elytra haying the central part of the raised suture greatly thickened, ele- vated, and conspicuously bepartite, are amongst the most important of the features which serve to characterize it. Genus RHIZOPERTHA. Stephens, Ii, Brit. Ent. iii. 354 (1830). Rhizopertha bifoveolata. Z. breviter cylindrica, piceo-ferruginea, subopaca ; prothorace magno, subgloboso, valde convexo, scabroso, necnon antice mucronibus fortiter asperato, ad basin foveolis duabus mediis impresso ; elytris confertim punctatis (haud striatis), ad apicem integris; antennis longiusculis, robustis.—Long. corp. lin. vix 1%. Rhyzopertha bifoveolata, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist, ii. 409 (1858). Habitat Maderam, ex alienis certe introducta. Etiam in urbe ipsa Funchalensi, inter farinam Americanam (?), plurima exemplaria collegit M. Park. Fam. CIOIDA. Genus CIS. Latreille, Préc. des Caract. 50 (1796). Cis cucullatus, n. sp. C. subovato-cylindricus, elongatulus, ferrugineus, setulis brevissimis subdemissis pallidioribus sat dense vestitus ; prothorace subopaco, alutaceo, dense punctato, antice valde producto; elytris subnitidis, dense subruguloso-punctatis (nec punctis nec setulis seriatim dis- positis) ; antennis pedibusque pallidioribus.—Long. corp. lin. 1. Mas clypeo tuberculis binis mediis obtusis minus elevatis approxi- matis incrassato. Habitat Gomeram, & DD. Crotch parcissime lectus. The three examples from which the above diagnosis has been compiled were captured by the Messrs. Crotch, during the summer of 40 APPENDIX. 1864, in Gomera. The species which they represent is exceedingly distinct from the few other members of the genus which have hitherto been detected in these Atlantic islands. It may be known by its small size and rather narrow elongate outline (which is just perceptibly attenuated in front), by its ferruginous hue and densely punctured surface (neither the punctures nor the minute sete having any tendency on the elytra to be disposed in longitudinal rows), and by the clypeus of its male sex being thickened in the centre into a pair of obtuse (or but slightly raised), approwimated, medial tubercles. Cis puncticollis. C’. cylindricus, niger, setulis brevibus suberectis pallidioribus obsitus ; prothorace convexo, subopaco, alutaceo, argute punctulato, antice minus producto; elytris subnitidis, subseriatim punctatis punctis- que minoribus intermediis irroratis ; antennis pedibusque pallidi- oribus.—Long. corp. lin. ?-1. Mas clypeo utrinque in processum brevem sublamelliformem vix angulatim producto. Cis puncticollis, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 860 (1860). Habitat Maderam, in castanetis longe supra urbem Funchalensem a Dom. Bewicke olim repertus; necnon etiam in pinetis Teneriffte parce ceperunt DD. Crotch. Fam. TOMICIDA. Genus APHANARTHRUM. Wollaston, Ins. Mad, 292 (1854). Aphanarthrum tuberculatum, n. sp. A. Jube affine, sed minus, angustius, pube breviore ac multo minus densi vestitum; prothorace subalutaceo (minus nitido), paulo crebrius punctato, punctis (oculo fortissime armato) majoribus (minus argute simplicibus).—Long. corp. lin, #-11. Habitat in ins. Hierro, inter Huphorbias emortuas 4 DD, Crotch re- pertum. Captured abundantly by the Messrs. Crotch in the island of Hierro, the most western of the Canarian Group. In the distinct tubercles . at the apex of its pronotum, and rather densely clothed surface, it approaches the A. Jube; nevertheless it is smaller and narrower than that insect (some of the specimens descending to a comparatively diminutive size), its pubescence is a little shorter, and its prothorax APPENDIX. ae is not only more alutaceous (or less shining) but is somewhat more thickly punctured,—the punctures when viewed beneath the micro- scope being invariably of a different character, or larger and less simple. These features moreover are so constant that, after an ac- curate examination of an extensive series of specimens, I cannot believe that the present Aphanarthrum could possibly be regarded as any state of the A. Juba, which seems to retain its essential characteristics in Lanzarote, Grand Canary, and Gomera (the only islands in which it has been observed) free from any appreciable change. Aphanarthrum canescens, n. sp. A. nigrum, subopacum, pilis brevibus argenteo-cinereis demissis dense vestitum ; prothorace subrotundato, grosse alutaceo punctisque obscuris levissimis irrorato, apice concolori; elytris dense sed haud grosse subseriatim punctatis, obscure prunneo-ochreis (rarius brunneo-testaceis), fasciis duabus nigris (sepius magnis suffusis et interdum fere confluentibus) obscurius ornatis ; pedibus piceo- testaceis, vel etiam testaceo-piceis.—Long. corp. lin. 1-vix 1. a. (status typicus). Paulo major, prothorace ad apicem 2- (vel 4-) undulato-subplicato (vix evidenter tuberculato). (3. simplex. Prothorace apice integro, aut interdum granulis duobus minutissimis egerrime observandis armato. Habitat (in statu “ a’) Gomeram et (in statu “ 8”) Canariam Gran- dem, inter Euphorbias emortuas ’ DD. Crotch copiosissime deprehensum. The rather shortly cylindric outline and obscure colouring of this Aphanarthrum, which is densely clothed with an abbreviated, decum- bent, whitish-cinereous, or almost silvery pile, and in which the elytral fascie are usually so much enlarged and suffused that they cover the greater portion of the surface (which in some of the darker examples is, consequently, almost black), will sufficiently distinguish it. Its pro- thorax (which is closely and coarsely alutaceous, with the additional punctules exceedingly light and shallow) is a good deal rounded off behind, and concolorous at the apex, where it is armed (in the state from Gomera, which I have treated as the normal one) with two very minute tubercles ; and its legs are generally more or less dark- ened, The specimens however from Grand Canary have the pair of granuliform tubercles on the front edge of their pronotum obsolete, being only now and then just appreciable even beneath the micro- scope ; but I can see nothing about them to warrant the belief that they are specifically distinct from the Gomeran ones,—and particularly 42, APPENDIX. so, since the development of these small prothoracie excrescences is eminently variable in all the species which possess them *, Aphanarthrum pygmeum, n. sp. A, minutissimum, nigrum (vel fusco-nigrum), subopacum, pilis bre- vibus subdemissis subalbido-cinereis parce vestitum ; prothorace basi latiusculo, apice attenuato acutiusculo et ibidem seepius ferru- gineo ac plus minus evidenter subrecurve biplicato-incrassato (vix bituberculato), alutaceo et levissime parceque punctulato necnon antice sat grosse marginato; elytris subseriatim punctatis et grosse transversim rugulosis, seepius vix dilutioribus (i. e. fasciis obsoletis, omnino suffusis) sed interdum obscure brunneo-ochreis in limbo fasciaque media dentata suffuse nigrescentibus.—Long. corp. lin. 3. Var. B. laticollis.. Vix major, prothorace basi paulo latiore, apicem versus Vix minus grosse asperato, ad apicem ipsissimum subdistine- tius biplicato. [Ins. Palma. | Habitat Teneriffam et Gomeram, in caulibus Huphorbice canariensis putridis 4 DD. Crotch repertum. Var. 3, 4 meipso capta, ad ins. Palmam pertinet. The most minute of all the Aphanarthra hitherto detected, and one which was captured during the summer of 1864 by the Messrs. Crotch (within the rotten stalks of the Huphorbia canariensis) both in Teneriffe and Gomera. I had however myself previously taken a single example in the island of Palma, which I think does not differ sufficiently from those of the Messrs. Crotch to be regarded as more than a slight insular modification of the same species, though, on account of its being immature, and from want of material for compiling a satisfactory diagnosis, I thought it safer to ignore it altogether in my Canarian Catalogue. In its general colour and rather short subdecumbent pubescence, as well as in its prothorax being usually ferruginous at the apex (where it has a tendency, more or less expressed in different indivi- duals, to be somewhat subrecurved and minutely incrassated, though scarcely tuberculated, into a sort of bipartite plait), the 4. pygmaum * Considering how liable these prothoracic tubercles are to be more or less developed in unquestionably the same species, it is barely possible that the two immature examples (from Lanzarote) which in my Canarian Catalogue I described under the name of A. armatum may represent some insular state of the canescens in which those minute processes are much more apparent than is the case even in the Gomeran individuals; for the great enlargement of their elytral fascia, which are so nearly suffused over the entire surface that there is merely a paler region behind the base, is quite in accordance with some of the darker specimens of the canescens. Nevertheless, until further material has been obtained from Lanzarote, it certainly would be most unsafe to regard the armatum (which has several small characteristics of its own) as anything but truly distinct. APPENDIX. 43 has more.in common with the canariense than with any of the other species; nevertheless it is scarcely more than a third the size. of that insect, its prothorax is relatively a little wider at the base, and its elytra are much obscurer in hue (being often almost black), and even in paler specimens seem to have their hinder fascia obsolete,— being, however, gradually (though indistinctly) darkened, or clouded, towards the lateral margins, Aphanarthrum bicinctum. A, nigrum, pilis erectis longiusculis cinereis vestitum ; prothorace alutaceo et dense punctato, apice fere simplici (plus minus minu- tissime bituberculato) ; elytris subseriatim punctatis ac transversim rugulosis, plus minus brunneo-ochreis (rarius testaceo-ochreis), fasciis duabus nigris (una sc, magna dentata et altera subpostica) ornatis ; antennis pedibusque piceo-testaceis.—Long. corp. lin, #~1. a. Minus, subnitidum; prothorace ad apicem ipsissimum sepius anguste ferrugineo ; elytris lete ochreis, fasciis plerumque angustis et argute determinatis. [Ins. Lanzarota et Fuerteventura. | B. obsitwm. Paulo major ; prothorace,vix longiore, ad apicem sepius concolori et paulo evidentius tuberculato ; elytris plus minus brun- neo-ochreis, fasciis plerumque majoribus. [Ins. Canaria Grandis. | y: vestitum. Paulo major quam status , sublatius, subopacius ac sensim densius pubescens; elytris brunneo-ochreis, fasciis ple- raey magnis suffusis; et colore omnino obscuriore. Ee Tene- riffa. | Aphanarthrum bicinctum, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 165 (1860). — — , Id., Cat. Can, Col. 260 (1864). Habitat in Lanzarota, Fuerteventura, Canaria et Teneriffi, Huphorbias emortuas destruens. I have given a corrected diagnosis of this Aphanarthrum, inasmuch as the more extensive material (collected principally by the Messrs. Crotch) which I have lately inspected would seem to imply that there are at least three (if not more) tolerably appreciable phases of it, or insular modifications, The state “a” (from Lanzarote and Fuerte- ventura) might well be supposed at first sight to be specifically dis- tinct from (at all events extreme examples of) the state “ y” (from Teneriffe) ; but when the two are carefully inspected with the aid of the“ 3” (from Grand Canary), the case is completely altered, and I am satisfied that they are all mere forms of a single rather plastic species. Genus LIPARTHRUM. Wollaston, Ins. Mad. 294 (1854). 44 APPENDIX. Liparthrum nigrescens, n. sp. ZL. cylindricum, nitidiusculum, nigrum elytris (presertim postice) picescentioribus, pilis subdemissis pallidioribus parce vestitum ; prothorace alutaceo et granulis sat grossis parce irrorato, antice tuberculis paulo majoribus (sed minutis) adsperso; elytris levis- sime lateque subseriatim punctatis (punctis inter se valde remotis) ac paulo rugulosis; antennis tarsisque saturate testaceis; femo- ribus tibiisque piceis.—Long. corp. lin. 2-1. Liparthrum bituberculatum, Woll., Cat, Can. Col. [nec Ins, Mad. ae 265 (1864). Habitat Teneriffam, in locis editioribus rarissimum. Obs.—L. bituberculato Maderensi certe distinctum, differt corpore subangustiore nitidiore obscuriore pilisque longioribus graciliori- bus ac minus erectis vestito, prothorace alutaceo granulisque sat magnis parce adsperso, elytris postice gradatim picescentiori- ‘ bus ac levius subseriatim punctatis (punctis inter se multo magis remotis). In my Canarian Catalogue I regarded this Zeparthrum as conspe- cific with the Z, bituberculatum of Madeira, but the inspection of further material obtained subsequently by the Messrs. Crotch has convinced me that it cannot be referred to that species. And this is the more evident through the fact of its being extremely distinct from the LZ. curtum, whereas I am far from satisfied that the bitu- berculatum is in reality more than a rather large and dark state of the latter. The L. nigrescens seems to differ from the bituberculatum (and therefore ad fortiori, from the curtum) in being relatively a little narrower, darker, and more shining ; in its pubescence being longer, finer (or less setiform), and less erect; in its prothorax being beset with larger granules; and in its elytral strie being more lightly impressed, and more distantly punctured—the punctures being ex- tremely remote from each other. ’ Liparthrum bicaudatum, n. sp. L. breviter subcylindricum, piceo- vel fusco-nigrum et setis brevibus crassis rigidis griseis (in elytris seriatim) obsitum ; prothorace leviter vix subruguloso sed antice inarmato; elytris grosse striato- punctatis (punctis magnis), interstitiis alternis leviter sed secundo (a sutura) multo magis elevatis, hdc sc. valde costato et postice gradatim in nodum maximum crassum retrorsus producto; tibiis omnibus (etiam anticis) versus apicem externum circa 4-spinulosis. —Long. corp. lin. 2. Habitat Gomeram, in ramulis Huphorbiarum (nisi fallor balsamifere, sed forsan regis-Jube) 4 W. D. Crotch copiose repertum. APPENDIX. 45 _ The very remarkable elytra of this little wood-borer, the second interstice of which (from the suture) is not only more elevated than the remaining alternate ones but is gradually raised behind into an enormously developed obtuse ridge which terminates (on each elytron) in a thick backwardly-projecting nodule, give it so extraordinary an appearance that (before dissection) I had imagined it would consti- tute the type of an undoubtedly new genus, closely related to Lipar- thrum. An accurate examination, however, of its structure does not warrant its being separated from that group—the essential fea- tures of which, with the sole exception of its subapically dentate - anterior tibis, it entirely possesses. Thus, the exact proportions of its guadriarticulate feet and 4-jointed funiculus, as well as the fact of the inner terminal angle of its tibie being produced into a long subflexuose spine (or lobe), are in accordance with the normal Li- parthra—which indeed in its general aspect, apart from the specific peculiarity of its elytral prominences, it precisely resembles ; so that I should regard the construction of its front tibise and elytra as the mere trivial features (important though they be) which charac- terize it as a species. . The L. bicaudatwm was taken, in abundance, during the summer of 1864, by Dr. Crotch (and subsequently by his brother also), near Hermigua in Gomera,—where it appears to be attached to the “ twigs of the sweet Huphorbia”’ (which is probably the E. balsamifera, though possibly the regis-Jube). - Fam. HYLESINIDE. Genus HYLURGUS. Latreille, Gen. Crust. et Ins. ii. 274 (1807). Hylurgus destruens, n. sp. H., nitidus, pilis erectis mollibus presertim in prothorace obsitus, ' niger vel piceo-niger, elytris ferrugineis vel piceo-ferrugineis ; capite prothoraceque parce punctatis, illo lato, crasso, antice in medio argute carinato; elytris valde transversim rugulosis, punc- . tato-striatis, striis versus basin et suturam sat profundis, apice subretusis et parce leviter asperatis; antennis tarsisque rufo-tes- taceis, femoribus tibiisque nigro-piceis.—Long. corp. lin. 23-23. Variat (immaturus) colore omnino ferrugineo. Hylurgus piniperda, Woll. [nec Linn.], Ins. Mad. 308 (1854). — —, Hd., Cat. Mad. Col, 99 (1857). Habitat Maderam australem, sub cortice necnon in ligno Pini rarior. 46 | APPENDIX. Obs.—Species H. piniperde affinis, sed major, crassior, in elytris semper (interdum in toto corpore) plus minus ferrugineus, elytris grossius transversim rugosis, antennis omnino pallidis, capitulo longiore acutiore, tibiis sensim latioribus extus magis spinulosis, tarsis sublongioribus. _ Found sparingly, at rather low elevations, in Madeira proper,— principally, I believe, if not entirely, under the bark of pine-trees. I have not, myself, ever met with it; but it has been taken, in the vicinity of Funchal, by Mr. Leacock and the late Mr. Bewicke. In the < Ins. Mad.,’ as well as in my Madeiran Catalogue, I referred this Hylurgus to the common European H. piniperda; but I had not compared the species very rigidly, and there can be no doubt that it is in reality quite distinct from that insect. It differs from the piniperda in being on the average a little larger and thicker, and in its elytra (which are more coarsely rugulose) being always, and often indeed its entire body, more or less ferruginous. Its antennee are totally pale, with their club somewhat longer and more acute; its tibie are rather broader and more spinulose; and its feet are a trifle longer. Fam. CURCULIONID. Genus ACALLES, Schonherr, Cure. Disp, Meth, 295 (1826). Acalles fortunatus. A, squamis albido- et nigro-brunneis lete variegatus; prothorace ad latera rotundato, ante medium setoso-bituberculato, albido- brunneo, basi utrinque obscuriore; elytris versus apicem valde sed breviter coarctatis, carinis interruptis nodulisque setosis in- structis, nigro-brunneis sed basi in medio, ad latera, necnon in fascia postmedia hastaté plus minus evidenter albido-brunneis, et utrinque ante medium plagula niveaé sepius irroratis; antennis rufo-ferrugineis ; pedibus brunneo-albido squamosis, tibiis lete nigro-annulatis.—Long. corp. lin. 2-33. Acalles fortunatus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col, 286 (1864). Habitat in Gomera et Hierro, 4 DD. Crotch intra caules Hwphorbi- arum coplose repertus. I have thought it desirable to give afresh diagnosis of this Acalles, compiled from additional material obtained by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera and Hierro, that I may be the better able to indicate in what particulars the following (closely allied) species differs from it. APPENDIX. a Acalles senilis. A. preecedenti similis, sed paulo minor, rostro (in utroque sexu) sub- graciliore et vix levius punctato, in maribus sensim breviore, pro- thorace etiam rugosius punctato, elytris postice vix minus breviter coarctatis, antice magis suffuse albido-brunneo squamosis, necnon ante fasciam postmediam parte centrali nigrescentiore, magis de- terminata (sed parva), seepius ornatis, antennis tarsisque paulo. clarioribus (lete rufo-ferrugineis), his sensim gracilioribus.—Long. corp. lin, 2-3, . Acalles senilis, Woll., Cat, Can. Col. 288 (1864). Habitat in Gomeraé et Hierro, 4 meipso semel tantum sed 4 DD. Crotch sat copiose in ligno Fic vetustee deprehensus. A single (small) example of this Acalles was taken by myself, during February 1858, near Valverde, in Hierro ; but the species has since been found, rather abundantly, by the Messrs. Crotch, in that island and Gomera,—in the latter of which they bred a considerable series of it from the rotten wood of an old fig-tree. Itis very closely allied to the A. fortunatus ; nevertheless, apart from its difference of habit (that insect being attached to the Huphorbia piscatoria), it has, I think, sufficient characters of its own (even though variable in them- selves) to remove all doubt as to its specific distinctness. Thus it is on the average a little smaller than the fortunatus; its rostrum (in both sexes) is just perceptibly slenderer and less deeply punctured, and in the males appreciably shorter; its prothorax when denuded of the scales will be seen to be even still more roughly punctured ; its elytra are rather less shortly contracted behind, more uniformly clothed with whitish-brown scales in front, and with the dark ones which bound (anteriorly) the postmedial hastate fascia both blacker and more concentrated (so as generally to form a small, central, more or less conspicuous postmedial patch) ; and its antenne and feet (the latter of which are perhaps somewhat slenderer) are usually of a clearer or more testaceous hue. Genus TORNEUMA. Wollaston, Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 453 (1860). Corpus parvum, angustulum, subovato-fusiforme, subtus late longi- tudinaliter impressum (7. ¢. per metasternum abdominisque seg- menta primum et secundum late concavum), ubique (subtus et supra) granulis (aut potius squamis granuliformibus) magnis valde depressis scabrosis tectum, sed haud (nisi oculo fortissime armato) setosum: capite in cavo prothoracico usque ad rostri basin im- merso; oculis nullis; rostro fere ut in gen. Acalles, sc. ad basin leviter rotundato-subdilatato et superne quasi capite articulato, 48 APPENDIX. in canaliculam pectoralem profundam (inter coxas anticas termi- natam) arcte applicando; scrobe profunda, subrecta, ‘ad latera rostri posité, necnon ad basin ejus ipsam ducté atque ibidem abrupte terminataé: prothorace ovato-subconico: scutello vix (vel potius haud) observando ; elytris subellipticis, connatis: alis nullis. Antenne ante medium rostri inserts; scapo subrecto, paulatim clavato ; funiculo 7-art®, art? 1™° paulo longiore, vix latiore, reli- quis parvis, inter se arcte adpressis, longitudine subsqualibus, latitudine vix crescentibus ; capitulo 4-annulato. Pedes robusti, antici ad basin paululum, intermedi latius, et postici latissime distantes: femoribus muticis: tbiis subrectis, extus preesertim versus apicem sensim pilosis, ad apicem in uncum deflexum pro- ductis: tarsis brevibus, angustis, pseudotetrameris, wnguiculis minutissimis. As my diagnosis of this extraordinary little genus was published in the ‘Ann. of Nat. Hist.,’ I have thought it desirable to compile one afresh for the sake of incorporating it into this Catalogue. The two very closely allied species which compose it are certainly most anomalous in structure,—their total freedom from eyes, and the fact of their bodies being impressed beneath with a very wide longitudinal concavity (which extends through the metasternum and the first and second abdominal segments), in conjunction with their short sub- filiform feet and exceedingly minute claws, giving them a character essentially their own. Their antennsz are implanted between the middle and apex of the rostrum, the latter of which is received into a deep pectoral groove (terminating between the anterior coxe) ; and their surfaces (except under a high power of the microscope) are free from sete and hairs, but are densely covered with large and exceedingly depressed scale-like granules (or, more properly, perhaps, granuliform scales). Their rostra are formed on nearly the same type as that which obtains in Acalles,—the members of which genus will, I believe, be found, on the whole, to be their nearest known allies. Torneuma orbatum, n. sp. 7. angustulum, rufo-ferrugineum, subnitidum ; rostro utrinque (pre- sertim postice) longitudinaliter sulcato et ibidem profunde pune- tato; elytris tenuissime striatis et (oculo fortiter armato) parce ac brevissime longitudinaliter cinereo-setulosis ; antennis rufo- testaceis.— Long. corp. lin. 13. Habitat Gomeram, rarissimum, Inter lignum putridum in lauretis humidis editioribus exemplaria duo ceperunt DD. Crotch. Obs.—A. T’. eeco Maderensi differt corpore vix minore, angus- APPENDIX. 49 tiore, depressiore, pallidiore, et minus opaco; rostro vix subgraci- liore ; prothorace sensim breviore, integro (7. e. nullo modo pone apicem subconstricto) ; elytris paululum minus ovatis, per margi- nem basalem ne subincrassatis quidem, et setulis paulo longioribus (tamen brevissimis, minutissimis) longitudinaliter obsitis ; pedibus subbrevioribus; antennarum capitulo paulo minus abrupto et magis breviter ovato (minus oval). Two examples of this interesting little blind Curculionid were taken by the Messrs. Crotch, during their late Canarian expedition, at a high altitude on the mountains of Gomera,—from beneath rotten wood, in the laurel-district above Hermigua. They are so nearly allied:to my unique 7’. cecum, which I captured (in 1858) under the trunk of a felled cherry-tree at the bottom of the Curral das Freiras in Madeira that I cannot feel entirely satisfied that they are more than the exponents of a geographical state of the same species—a point which can only be decided by a critical examination of further material from both Groups. Until, however, additional evidence has been obtained, I think it would be extremely rash to treat the combination of minute differences which the two Canarian individuals present (when compared with the Madeiran one) as absolutely indicative of no more than a local, or insular, phasis of the 7. cecum. Regarding therefore the individuals now before me as typical of the two species, the 7’. orbatum appears to be a trifle smaller, nar- rower, paler, more depressed, and less opake than the cecum; its rostrum is just perceptibly slenderer; its prothorax is appreciably shorter, and free from even the faintest rudiment of the transverse constriction behind the apex, which seems to be (as in Acalles) more or less evident in the 7’. cecum; its elytra are a trifle less ovate, with their extreme basal margin not in the least degree thickened, and with the diminutive setx, or abbreviated hairs, with which they are longitudinally studded, (although thus short and minute) decidedly longer than is the case in that insect ; its legs are perhaps somewhat less developed; and its antennal club is more obovate (or » less oval), and not quite so abrupt. Genus MAGDALIS. Germar, in Ann. Wetter. i. 130 (1819). Magdalis barbicornis. M. angustula, subopaca, nigra, antennis clava (in maribus longis- sima) nigrescente excepta rufo-testaceis ; prothorace ineequali, sat d 50 APPENDIX. profunde punctato; elytris vix nitidioribus, profunde crenato- striatis, in interstitiis minutissime transversim striguloso-rugatis ; femoribus muticis.—Long. corp. lin. 14. Rhina barbicornis, Lat., Hist. Nat. xi. 103 (1803). Magdalis barbicornis, Germ., Ins. Spec. i. 192 (1824). Habitat Maderam, ad folia pomorum 4 C. Wolff, M.D., reperta. Two examples of this European Magdalis have been taken in Madeira proper by Dr. C. Wolff, of Bonn, who informed me that he obtained them by beating the foliage of some pear-trees at about two miles from Funchal. In general contour and aspect, as well as in its totally unarmed femora, the M. barbicornis is closely allied to the common M. pruni; but, apart from minor distinctions, it may easily be known from that insect by its antenne having their funiculus (as well as the scape) rufo-testaceous, and the male clava greatly elongated and more pubescent. Its elytra likewise have their strie rather less coarsely punctured, or crenated, and their interstices (when viewed under a high magnifying power) densely strigulose transversely *. Genus ALOPHUS. Schinherr, Cure. Disp. Meth. 166 (1826). (Subgenus Rhytidoma, Woll.) Alophus alternans, n. sp. A. fusco-niger, squamulis flavo-fuscis dense tectus, et setulis brevibus demissis pallidioribus parcissime (in elytris in interstitiis solum, presertim alternis) irroratus; rostro elongato, supra necnon ad latera longitudinaliter sulcato; prothorace parvo, subcylindrico- conico, profunde sed parce punctato (punctis magnis), canalicula centrali valde profunda (in medio lata, sed antice et postice attenu- até) impresso, versus latera subdensius squamoso; elytris oblongis (ad latera in medio subparallelis), prothorace parum latioribus, profunde seriatim punctatis (punctis maximis), interstitiis alternis valde elevato-costatis, ante apicem (subretusum) macula magna communi transversa dentataé paulo pallidiore ornatis; funiculi articulo 2” primo sensim longiore.—Long. corp. lin. 4%. Habitat in montibus excelsis Gomere, 4 DD. Crotch semel captus. The single example from which the above diagnosis has been * I am indebted to Mr. Rye for well-examined types of two of the allied species of Magdalis, and also for the suggestion that the Madeiran one was pro- bably identical with the barbicornis of Latreille. A careful comparison of it with Schonherr’s diagnosis of the latter leaves no doubt whatever that Mr. Rye’s supposition is correct. APPENDIX. §t compiled being slightly rubbed, I cannot tell whether it ought not to have a patch of paler scales (of the same colour as the subapical fascia) on the fore disk of each elytron; for, judging from the analogy of allied forms, I should conclude such to be the case. Whether, also, it be a true Alophus may perhaps be doubtful,—its much larger size, very deeply sculptured surface, and longitudinally suleated rostrum seeming to separate it from, at all events, the European A. triguttatus: but, be this as it may, I think that it is at any rate congeneric with the A. magnificus of Teneriffe ; so that I have given them a subgeneric name, in the event of it being found desirable hereafter to regard them as members of a distinct group. The A. alternans was captured by the Messrs. Crotch at a very high elevation in Gomera, during the summer of 1864, “‘ by beating Sedum on Monte Fuerte (above Hermigua).” Genus LAPAROCERUS, Schonherr, Gen. et Spec, Cure. ii. 530 (1854). Laparocerus undulatus. L. subgracilis, niger, pube brevi demiss4 viridi-cinere&é parce varie- gatus sed pilis superadditis fere carens; capite vix sculpturato, oculis ovalibus prominentibus, rostro longiusculo subgracili apicem versus sensim dilatato; prothorace parce et profunde punctato, obsolete carinato, in disco postico leviter biimpresso; elytris pro- funde punctato-striatis, obsolete undulato-ineequalibus ; antennis ferrugineis, elongatis, gracillimis, articulo 2°° tertio sensim lon- giore.—Long, corp. lin. 33. Mas pedibus robustis; tibiis longissime pilosis, anticis ad apicem valde et subito incurvis, posticis apicem versus facile dilatatis, intus pone medium usque ad apicem late emarginatis, angulo in- terno exstante, externo rotundato valde setuloso; tarsis latis. Feem. adhuc latet. Laparocerus undulatus, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. x. 532 (1862). Habitat in sylvaticis Madere excelsis, adhuc semel captus. Laparocerus inflatus, n. sp. L. piceus, subnitidus, dense et grosse submetallico-squamoso tessel- latus pilisque longissimis erectis in elytris ubique obsitus; rostro latiusculo, postice profunde canaliculato, oculis magnis, prominen- tibus ; prothorace ad latera rotundato, profunde et remote punc- tato punctulisque interjectis minutissimis irrorato; elytris con- vexis, oblongo-ellipticis basi truncatis, postice acutiusculis, punc- tato-striatis ; antennis pedibusque lete rufo-ferrugineis, femoribus ‘ paulo obscurioribus.—Long. corp. lin. 43. Habitat in montibus Gomer, 4 DD. Crotch semel tantum lectus. d 2 52 APPENDIX. The single specimen from which the above diagnosis has been compiled was taken by the Messrs. Crotch on the mountains of Gomera, during their late expedition to the Canaries. Although perfectly distinct from them both, it is in some respects intermediate between the L. ellipticus and lepidopterus; nevertheless I think perhaps it is, in reality, nearer to the latter than to the former. From the ellipticus it differs, inter alia, in its broader and less concave rostrum, in its prothorax being wider, much more rounded at the sides, and more deeply punctured, in its elytra being less elliptic (or wider at the base) and beset all over with very elongate erect hairs, and in its antenne being slenderer; whilst from the lepidopterus it recedes in its less opake surface, in its rather broader rostrum and more pro- minent eyes, in its more deeply and sparingly punctured prothorax, in its differently shaped, (posteriorly more acute) elytra, the erect hairs of which are longer but more remote, and in its more elongated and somewhat paler limbs. Laparocerus subopacus, n. sp. L. elongatus, angustulus, niger, (presertim in elytris foemineis) opacus, parce fulvo-cinereo squamoso-nebulosus sed pilis erectis carens (versus elytrorum apicem setulis subdemissis parce irro- ratus); rostro minutissime et levissime punctulato, subconcayo, postice profunde canaliculato, oculis rotundatis, prominentibus ; prothorace longiusculo, profunde punctato punctulisque minutis- simis argutis intermediis dense irrorato; elytris profunde punc- tato striatis; antennis pedibusque elongatis, illis tarsisque piceo- ferrugineis ; funiculi art? 2°° primo multo longiore.—Long. corp. lin. 4. Habitat Gomeram, inter plantas Sed? in montibus valde excelsis 4 DD. Crotch parce deprehensus. This species has much the general character and sculpture of the L. mendicus, from Hierro; but it is considerably larger, with its elytra more opake and deeply sculptured, with its scales more ful- vescent (or less cinereous), and with its limbs, and especially the second joint of its funiculus, more elongate. This last feature in- deed would tend rather to affiliate it with the Z. obscurus, from Teneriffe ; though its larger bulk, less abbreviated prothorax, more prominent eyes, more opake and deeply sculptured surface, coarser and more fulvescent scales, and longer limbs will equally separate it from that insect. Nevertheless I believe that the ZL. subopacus (from Gomera), the obscwrus (from Teneriffe), and the mendicus (from Hierro), and possibly even the senrculus (from Grand Canary), APPENDIX. | 53 may at any rate be fairly regarded as the representatives of each other in their respective islands. The L. subopacus was detected by the Messrs. Crotch, during their late Canarian campaign, at a very high altitude in Gomera,—by' beating plants of Sedwm on Monte Fuerte. Laparocerus debilis, n. sp. Z. angustulus, niger, nitidus, parce squamoso-tessellatus pilisque breviusculis suberectis parum robustis versus elytrorum apicem parce obsitus; rostro leviter punctato, concavo, postice foveolato, oculis parvis, rotundatis, prominentibus ; prothorace subcylindrico, profunde et parce punctato; elytris oblongis, profunde punctato- striatis ; antennis pedibusque piceo-ferrugineis, femoribus piceis ; funiculi art® 2° primo multo longiore.—Long. corp. lin. 23. Habitat Teneriffam, 4 DD. Crotch semel repertus. A single specimen of this Laparocerus was taken by the Messrs. Crotch in Teneriffe; and it is remarkable for its rather narrow oblong outline and shining surface; for its smallish, rounded, and prominent eyes ; for its somewhat deeply punctured prothorax ; for its elytra being coarsely punctate-striated, slightly acute behind, where they are sparingly beset with shortish, rather robust, suberect hairs; and for the second joint of its funiculus being (as in the case of the LZ. obscwrus) very much longer than the first. Laparocerus indutus, n. sp. L. niger, subnitidus, parce sed grosse submetallico-fulvescente squa- moso-tessellatus pilisque elongatis suberectis in elytris sat dense obsitus ; rostro prothoraceque minute ruguloso-punctulatis punc- tisque majoribus vix profundis obsitis, illo distincte canaliculato, hée subovali, oculis rotundatis prominentibus; elytris oblongis, punctato-striatis; antennis pedibusque rufo-piceis.—Long. corp. lin, 2-23. Habitat in Gomera, rarissimus. Exemplaria tria ceperunt DD. Crotch. Of this little Laparocerus three examples were taken in Gomera by the Messrs. Crotch. In their general character they are evidently much allied to the LZ. puncticollis, from Hierro; nevertheless they differ from that species in being larger and more piceous (or less black); in the suberect hairs with which they are studded being a little longer, denser, darker (or less cinereous), and more robust; in. their eyes being somewhat less rounded, and a good deal less pro- minent; in their head and prothorax being less deeply, and rather §4 APPENDIX. less closely, punctured, but with the minute intermediate punctules more distinct; in their elytra being relatively longer, and a trifle more rounded-off at the shoulders; and in their limbs being appre- ciably more developed—with the legs more pilose, the third tarsal joint perceptibly broader, and the front tibiee of the male sex a little more scooped out internally. Genus LICHENOPHAGUS. Wollaston, Ins. Mad, 389 (1854). a. Funiculi articulo secundo primo sublongiore. Lichenophagus buccatrix, n. sp. L. squamulis minutissimis, vel brunneis vel cinereo-fuscis, densis- sime tectus, sed setulis fere carens (se. brevissimis, interdum w#gre observandis), subter squamulis opacus; rostro leviter concayo sed argute canaliculato, subtus appendiculis late divaricatis exstanti- bus instructo, oculis demissis; prothorace brevi, ad latera valde rotundato, parce punctato, utrinque necnon in medio plus minus obscure (interdum obsolete) subcinereo-lineato ; elytris convexis, inflatis, ovato-ellipticis, ad latera valde et squaliter rotundatis (antice paulatim valde angustioribus), punctato-striatis, inter- stitiis alternis plus minus evidenter tessellatis ; antennis elongatis, gracilibus tarsisque piceo-testaceis; pedibus robustis. — Long. corp. lin. 3-34. Mas prothorace simplici, pedibus paulo robustioribus, tibiis ad apicem internum magis incurvis. Fem. prothorace ad basin in medio carinulé obtusissimé (vix ele- vata) valde abbreviata instructo; pedibus subgracilioribus, tibiis rectioribus. Habitat in montibus Gomere excelsis, inter plantas Sed: 4 DD. Crotch parce deprehensus. This is by far the most extraordinary member of the present genus which has been detected,—its gigantic size (as compared with all except the LZ. incomptus, which may possibly be the exponent of a distinct genus), elliptical inflated elytra (which are greatly rounded in the middle, and much narrowed before and behind), in conjunc- tion with its slender antenne (for a Lachenophagus) and the greatly developed divaricating processes on the underside of its rostrum at the apex, giving it a character completely its own. Its sexual dis- similarities, also, are more pronounced than in any of the other species,—its males having their legs thicker, and the tibie more incurved at the apex, than is the case with the females; whilst the latter have a greatly abbreviated, very obtuse, and suddenly termi- APPENDIX. 55 nated keel in the centre of their prothorax behind, which does not appear to exist in the opposite sex*. . The discovery of the Z. buccatrix is due to Messrs. Crotch, who captured a few specimens of it at a very high altitude in Gomera during their late Canarian campaign,—‘“ by beating Sedum on Monte Fuerte,” one of the loftiest mountains above Hermigua. b. Funiculi articulo secundo primo multo longiore. (Subgenus Amyntas, Woll.). Lichenophagus incomptus, n. sp. LZ. brunneus, concolor (nec tessellatus), vix squamulosus sed setulis sive pilis brevibus omnino demissis nigrescentibus sat dense vesti- tus ; rostro longiusculo, subparallelo, apicem versus late concavo, postice argute canaliculato, oculis leviter prominulis; prothorace ad latera squaliter rotundato, dense, profunde et regulariter punc- tato; elytris oblongis, profunde punctato-striatis ; antennis elon- gatis, rufo-ferrugineis ; pedibus paulo dilutioribus.—Long. corp. lin, 32. Habitat insulas Canarienses (mihi non obvius), 4 cl. de Marseul com- municatus. The single example from which the above diagnosis is compiled has been communicated by M. de Marseul as undoubtedly Canarian, though without any note as to the island in which it was taken ; and although it recedes from the other Lichenophagi in two or three important particulars, yet its general aspect and affinities incline me to believe that it may truly have come from the Canaries. Never- theless I need scarcely add that until further material has been obtained, I cannot regard this point as by any means satisfactorily established. Judging from the specimen now before me, the ZL. incomptus is larger than any of the Lichenophagi hitherto detected (even than the L. buccatrix), its rostrum is a little less abbreviated and more par- allel, and the second joint of its funiculus is considerably longer (being half as long again as the first). And it also differs (unless indeed this example is either imperfect or immature) in being concolorous throughout, or completely untessellated,—indeed apparently free from * The fact of this minute, abbreviated, obtuse, central prothoracic keel (or node) bemg a sexual character in the LZ. buccatrix may well raise the inquiry whether it is not sexual in the auctus likewise: but zf such be the case, it would follow that I have not yet seen the male of that species; for all the examples which I have hitherto taken possess it. 56 APPENDIX. minute scales, but somewhat densely clothed with very short and quite decumbent darkish sete (or stiff hairs) *. Fam, HALTICIDE. Genus LONGITARSUS. Latreille, Fam. Nat. des Ins. 405 (1825). Longitarsus maderensis, £. oblongo-ovatus, convexus, nitidus, subeyaneo-niger (interdum obsoletissime subeenescens) ; antennarum basi pedibusque saturate testaceis ; antennis ad apicem femoribusque posticis obscurioribus ; prothorace subtiliter punctulato; elytris ad humeros rotundate declivibus, profundius punctatis, punctis versus basin vix subseri- ‘atim dispositis.—Long. corp. lin. 4. Teinodactyla Maderensis, AUl., Ann. dela Soc. Ent.de France, 659 (1863). Habitat Maderam, in cultis editioribus 4 Dom, F. A. Anderson re- pertus. Detected by the late Mr. F. A. Anderson in Madeira proper,—by brushing some grass, immediately outside the gates of the Palheiro, on the mountains to the eastward of Funchal. M. Allard, who de- scribed the species from an example which I sent to him, makes the following remark concerning its affinities: “ Cette espéce a la méme taille et la forme que la 7’. obliterata Ros.; mais elle s’en distingue par sa couleur plus noire et plus brillante, par la ponctuation de son corselet et de ses élytres beaucoup plus fine, et surtout par ses an- tennes dont les articles sont beaucoup plus courts. Elle a de l’ana- logie avec la 7. parvula Gyll., mais cette derniére a les épaules plus larges et plus saillantes, et sa ponctuation, quoique a peu pres aussi subtile, n’est pas en ligne a la base et prés la suture comme dans la T. Maderensis.” Genus PSYLLIODES. Latreille, Fam. Nat. des Ins. 405 (1825). Psylliodes amplicollis, n. sp. P. subangustulo-elliptica, nitida, subeeneo-viridescenti-nigra, anten- nis pedibusque piceo-ferrugineis ; antennis intra marginem oculo- rum (sat parvorum) subremote insertis ; prothorace amplo, minute punctato ; elytris ad humeros facile rotundatis (nec oblique trun- * Since the above was written, I have had some reason to suspect that the type from which my diagnosis of the L. incomptus was compijed (but which unfortun- ately has been returned to Paris, so that I cannot now re-examine it) may pos- sibly have been but a very small and immature (female) specimen of the Adlantis tibialis—slightly aberrant, and perhaps obtained in the island of Hierro. APPENDIX. 57 catis), punctato-striatis (striis internis antice valde obliquis), in interstitiis minutissime parceque punctulatis.—Long. corp. lin, 11. Habitat Maderam, 4 Dom. Bewicke semel deprehensa. A single example of this Psylliodes is in the collection of the late Mr. Bewicke, by whom it was captured in Madeira proper. Although very distinct from both of them, it combines to a certain extent the shape of the P, vehemens with the colour and closer sculpture of the umbratilis. It may however be known by its narrowish-elliptic out- line and dark-greenish surface (which seems also to have a faint brassy tinge), the limbs alone being of a piceo-ferruginous hue; by its eyes being rather small, which occasions the antenne to be implanted at an appreciable distance from their inner margin ; by its prothorax being largely developed ; and by its elytra being very gradually, and ob- tusely, rounded at their humeral angles. Fam. COCCINELLIDA. Genus COCCINELLA. Linneeus, Syst. Nat, edit. 1 (1735). _ Coccinella Andersoni. C. rotundato-ovalis, nitida, levissime punctulata ; capite rufescenti- lurido, in fronte vix flavescentiore ; prothorace antice et ad latera rotundata subpellucide marginato, apice truncato (angulis anticis haud porrectis), luride subflavescenti-rufo, ad utrumque latus nec- non in maculis duabus basalibus parvis dilute flavo; elytris mar- ginatis, margine circa humeros (valde rotundatos) versus scutellum continuato sed longe ante scutellum subito terminato, luride sub- flavescenti-rufis sed maculis maximis confluentibus dilute flavis marmoratis ; antennis pedibusque infuscate testaccis, illis tarsisque ad apices paulo obscurioribus.—Long. corp. lin. 13. Coccinella Andersoni, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. x. 387 (1862). Habitat Maderam, 4 DD. Anderson et Bewicke ad flores pinorum haud longe ab urbe Funchalensi capta. Fam. EROTYLIDA. Genus XESTUS. Wollaston, Cat. Can. Col. 420 (1864). Xestus fungicola, n. sp. X. throscoides affinis, sed paulo minor, angustior, nitidior (sc. antice minus evidenter alutaceus) ; prothorace longiore, convexiore, qua- 58 APPENDIX, drato (nec conico), ad latera squaliter leviter rotundato, angulis anticis et presertim posticis minus productis; elytris pone basin paulo convexioribus; antennis pedibusque vix brevioribus; pal- porum maxillarium articulo ultimo sensim minus late securiformi. —Long. corp. lin. 2. Habitat Gomeram, in fungis putridis 4 DD. Crotch parce lectus. Four examples of this fine Xestus were taken by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera, from within a dead fungus on the sylvan mountains above Hermigua; and it is extremely interesting, as supplying us with a second member of this curious genus. It isa little smaller, narrower, and more shining than the Teneriffan X. throscoides, its anterior portion being less evidently alutaceous ; its prothorax is relatively longer, convexer, and more square,—(instead of being conical) having its sides equally (though very slightly) rounded before and behind, with the anterior and (more especially) the posterior angles less pro- duced ; its elytra are a little more convex, or laterally-compressed ; its limbs are perhaps a trifle shorter ; and the last joint of its max- illary palpi is somewhat less broadly securiform. Genus EUXESTUS. Wollaston, Ann. Nat. Hist. ii. 411 (1858). Euxestus Parkii. E. oblongo-ellipticus, rufo-castaneus, nitidissimus, glaberrimus ; pro- thorace transverso, postice lato elytris arcte applicato; antennis pedibusque brevibus, paulo pallidioribus.—Long. corp. lin. 1-11. Euxestus Parkii, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. ii. 413 (1858). Habitat in Madere inferioribus, plerumque sub quisquiliis in cultis degens. : Fam, ERODIADZA. Genus ARTHRODES. Solier, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, iii. 513 (1834). Arthrodes Perraudieri, n. sp. A. ater, subnitidus; capite prothoraceque fere quasi impunctatis (oculo fortiter armato parcissime et subtilissime punctulatis), illius carina frontali arcuata valde distincta, hoc ad latera et utrinque ad apicem sat grosse marginato; elytris subsequalibus (sc. tantum leviter et minute malleatis) necnon distincte et sat dense punctatis ; epipleure plicé humerali nulla.—Long. corp. lin. 54. Habitat insulas Canarienses (sec. cl. de Marseul), mihi non obvius; 4 APPENDIX. 59 Dom. H. de la Perraudiére collectus, cujus in honorem nomen triviale dedi. A single example of this Arthrodes has been communicated by M. de Marseul, and was taken at the Canaries by M. H. de la Perraudiére ; but I have no reliable information as to the exact island in which it was found. In its humeral plica being altogether absent (and not even obsolete, as in the A. inflatus and curtus) it recedes from the members of the genus hitherto detected ; and it is further remarkable for its head and prothorax being nearly impunctate, whilst its elytra (which are almost even, being but minutely and slightly malleated) are rather densely and distinctly punctured. Its frontal keel is regularly arcuated, and much developed ; and the lateral edges of its prothorax (as well as a portion of the front one towards either side) are rather coarsely margined. Fam. CONIONTIDA. Genus CRYPTICUS. Latreille, Regn. An, (édit. 1) iii. 298 (1817). Crypticus calvus, n. sp. C. punctatissimo similis et forsan ejus status insularis ; differt corpore vix oblongiore depressiore et omnino calyo (neque etiam minute pu- bescente), punctura vix subtiliore minusque densaé, prothorace paulo minus conyexo necnon ad angulos posticos sensim minus producto, elytrorum striis vix levioribus.—Long. corp. lin. 33-4. Crypticus canariensis (p.), Woll., Cat. Can. Col, 482 (1864), Habitat ins. Hierro, in sylvaticis occurrens. A single specimen of a Crypticus which I recorded in my late Catalogue as an insular modification of the canariensis, and which was captured by myself in the wooded district of El Golfo on the western side of Hierro, seems better treated as a separate species— of which a long array of examples now before me, taken by the Messrs. Crotch in the same island, appear to be the exponents. I think, indeed, judging from this additional material, that it is cer- tainly more allied to the punctatissimus than to the canariensis; and it was the mere fact of its being free from pubescence that inclined me to regard it as a state of the latter. But, in point of fact, it is so near to the former that I am far from satisfied that it may not, in reality, be but a totally bald variety of that insect, peculiar to 60 APPENDIX. Hierro. Nevertheless if this be the case (as I cannot but think far from impossible), it would perhaps tend to imply that the C. navi- — cularis (from Teneriffe), the punciatissimus (from Palma), and the calvus (from Hierro) are but insular phases of a single, somewhat plastic, species. But, however this may be (for it is next to im- possible to decide for certain), the C. calvus differs from the Palman punetatissimus in being just appreciably more oblong and depressed, entirely bald, and with its punctation (if anything) a trifle finer and less dense. Its prothorax, likewise, which is not quite so convex, has the basal angles perhaps somewhat less produced; and its elytral strie are a little more lightly impressed. Crypticus nitidulus, n. sp. C. sat breviter oblongus, convexus, ater, omnino calvus, nitidus, ubique paulo minus dense et (presertim in prothorace) multo pro- fundius punctatus ; prothorace latiusculo, convexo, ad latera ro- tundato, angulis posticis vix productis obtusis, intra angulos late et conspicue impresso ; elytris distincte substriato-punctatis ; an- tennis, palpis pedibusque piceo-ferrugineis.—Long. corp, lin. 32. Habitat Gomeram, 4 DD. Crotch repertus. A few examples now before me of a Crypticus, which were cap- tured by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera, are so distinct from the other species recorded in this volume that I cannot possibly treat; them as an insular modification of any of their Canarian allies. In their oblong outline and the rounded edges of their prothorax, they are perhaps more on the type of the C. oblongus than of the more elliptic members of the genus; nevertheless they are very much larger and broader than that insect, and their punctation is (espe- cially on the prothorax) extremely coarse. Indeed the latter cha- racter, in conjunction with their comparatively shining, intensely black, and totally bald surface, and their broad, laterally rounded prothorax, which is widely and conspicuously impressed posteriorly towards either edge, and has its hinder angles somewhat obtuse, will serve to separate them from the other Cryptici enumerated in the present Catalogue. I believe that the Messrs. Crotch’s specimens were taken on the sylvan mountains above Hermigua. Fam. OPATRIDA:, Genus HADRUS. (Dej.) Wollaston, Ins. Mad, 502 (1854). APPENDIX. 61 Hadrus Paivee. H. oblongus, niger, subtiliter et crebre granulatus; elytris substri- atis, levissime et subtilissime pubescentibus.—Long. corp. lin.4—44. Hadrus Paive, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. vi. 50 (1860). Habitat Maderam orientalem, sub lapidibus in inferioribus juxta mare infra oppidulum Porto da Cruz sat copiose occurrens, Taken by myself, at a low elevation, in the east of Madeira proper, —hbeneath stones, close to the sea, on the calcareous promontory below the little town of Porto daCruz. It is in some respects inter- mediate between the H. alpinus and cinerascens, combining the out- line of the former with the angulated clypeus of the latter; whilst in the relative coarseness of its sculpture (though not in its precise character) it is about midway between the two. In the pubescence of its elytra, also, which is very delicate and obscure, it is interme- diate between the totally unclothed alpinus and the rather more evidently (though very minutely) setulose and roughened surface of the cmerascens. Fam. ULOMIDA. Genus ADELINA. (Chevr.) Woll., Ann, Nat. Hist. ii. 413 (1858). : Adelina farinaria. A, oblonga, rufo-picea, nitida, valde depressa ; capite prothoraceque confertim leviter punctulatis, héc transverso, postice foveolis dua- bus brevibus longitudinaliter impresso, per marginem posticum sinuato ; elytris punctato-striatis, interstitiis subtilissime punctu- latis.—Long. corp. lin. 3. Variat (immatura) colore pallido-ferrugineo. Adelina farinaria, Woll., loc. cit. 414 (1858). Habitat Maderam, in urbe ipsé Funchalensi inter farinam Ameri- canam (?) 4 Dom. M. Park sat copiose observata; ex alienis certe introducta. | Genus GNATHOCERUS. Thunberg, Act. Holmiens, 47 (1814). Gnathocerus maxillosus. @. lineari-elongatus, pallide rufo-ferrugineus, subnitidus ; prothorace subconvexo, subquadrato, subtilissime punctulato; elytris puric- tato-striatis; antennis pedibusque rufo-testaceis.—Long. corp. lin. 13-13. 62 APPENDIX. Mas mandibulis elongatis, angustis, curvatis, falcatis, porrectis; fronte bituberculata, ad latera paulo subrecurvo-ampliata. Trogosita maxillosa?, Fab., Syst. Hleu. i. 155 (1801). Gnathocerus maxillosus, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. vi. 49 (1860). Halitat Maderam australem, in urbe ipsé Funchalensi sub cortice Platani laxo 4 meipso repertus. Fam. TENEBRIONIDA. Genus TENEBRIO. Linneus, Syst. Nat. edit. 6 (1748). Tenebrio Crotchii, n. sp. 7. aterrimus, nitidus; capite prothoraceque transversis ac profunde punctatis, illo ineequali et mox pone oculos (genis haud profunde incisos) subito in collum angustato, héc postice vix angustato (ad latera oblique subrecto) angulis anticis valde rotundatis, posticis argute obtusis, per marginem basalem recte truncato, in limbo tenuiter marginato, basi utrinque fovead brevissima impresso ; scu- tello triangulariter subpentagono ; elytris basi recte truncatis, pro- funde punctato-striatis, in interstitiis minutissime parce punctu- latis ; antennis pedibusque seepius subpicescentioribus, tibiis mas- culis arcuatis.—Long. corp. lin. 4-43. Habitat Teneriffam et (preecipue) Gomeram, 4 DD. Crotch in Huphor- bid canariensi emortud copiose deprehensus. Tenebrio late distinctus insulisque Canariensibus valde indigenus, necnon in honorem amici G. R. Crotch, entomologi inter Anglicanos periti, oculatissimi, perillustris, indefessi, citatus. The discovery of this small, but most distinct and remarkable Tenebrio is due to the late Canarian researches of the Messrs. Crotch —who captured it abundantly in Gomera, and more sparingly near Buenavista in the north-west of Teneriffe. Judging from their report, it appears to be peculiar to the dead stalks of the Huphorbia canariensis—“in the tops and bottoms” of which, according to a note now before me, it ‘swarms, when the Lepidoptera have left.” Such being the case it is certainly remarkable that it should have totally escaped my own observations in those islands; though as I searched but little in Gomera, and less in the Z. canariensis than in any of the Euphorbias, this is perhaps partly accounted for. I have had much pleasure in dedicating the species to my friend Mr. G. R. Crotch, to whose entomological labours (in conjunction with those of his brother) we are indebted for so large a number of interesting and important additions to the Canarian Coleoptera. Apart from a number of minor distinctions which have been re- APPENDIX. 63 corded in my diagnosis, the 7’. Crotchit is at once remarkable (in the present genus) for its comparatively small size and its shining, in- tensely black surface, for its head and prothorax being, both of them, short and transverse (the latter of which is straightly trun- cated at the base, with the hinder angles sharply defined and ob- tuse and the anterior ones extremely rounded and blunt), and for its elytra being likewise very straight along its front margin, and deeply punctate-striate. Fam. HELOPIDZA, Genus HELOPS. Fabricius, Syst. Ent. 257 (1775). Helops Marseulii, n. sp. H. ater, nitidus; oculis angustulis; capite prothoraceque sat pro- funde et dense punctatis, hée convexo, ad latera rotundato, ante angulos posticos vix subsinuato; elytris subellipticis, argute sub- striato-punctatis (punctis inter se valde distinctis), in interstitiis minutissime, levissime et parce punctulatis (nec tuberculatis, nec transversim rugulosis); antennis pedibusque dilutioribus.—Long. corp. lin. 53. Habitat Teneriffam ?, 4 cl. de Marseul communicatus; certe in in- sulis Canariensibus captus. A single example of this Helops, from which the above diagnosis is drawn-out, has been communicated by M. de Marseul; and although very unwilling to erect an additional species for its reception, I feel nevertheless that I have no option but to do so, seeing that I cannot refer it to any member of the genus enumerated in this Catalogue. It has the label “Teneriffe” appended to it; and whilst I cannot vouch for the accuracy of this Aabitat (having already detected so many topographical errors amongst the insects which have been transmitted to me from the same source), I nevertheless must add that that species has so decided an affinity with the H. altivagans and elliptipennis of the higher districts of that island that I believe it to be correct. The H. Marseulit would seem to differ from its two allies just mentioned in its more highly polished surface (even the elytra being exceedingly shining), its more intensely black hue, and in its com- paratively coarsely punctured striz (the punctures of which, although not very large, are deep and remarkably well defined). Its interstices are most minutely and sparingly punctulated (the punctules being 64 APPENDIX. perceptible only under a strong lens), as well as quite free from tubercles and transverse ruge. Helops arboricola. H. subcylindrico-oblongus, ater, subopacus ; capite prothoraceque confertissime punctulatis (punctis subconfluentibus), héc longius- culo, utrinque versus basin plus minus valde sinuato, angulis pos- ticis plus minus acutis; elytris subparallelis, densissime et minute granulatis (granulis versus suturam obsoletis), crenato-striatis, interstitiis tuberculis parvis remotis longitudinaliter obsitis ; an- tennis pedibusque elongatis.—Long. corp. lin. 7. Helops arboricola, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. x. 338 (1862). Habitat in Madere intermediis, 4 Dom. Bewicke sub cortice lauro- rum laxo parce lectus. Detected in Madera proper by the late Mr. Bewicke. Helops gomerensis, n. sp. H. congeneri affinis, sed paulo major, depressior, antennis pedibusque (saltem in sexu masculo) multo longioribus; clypeo apice rectius truncato ; prothorace elytrisque ad basin sensim magis angustatis, illo vix levius parciusque punctato, his paulo profundius crenato- striatis, in interstitiis convexioribus et (oculo fortiter armato) evidentius alutaceis, minus punctulatis (punctis ssepius obsoletis) sed magis evidenter (tamen minute ac valde obsolete) seriatim tuberculatis.—Long. corp. lin. 5-7. Habitat Gomeram, 4 DD. Crotch copiose repertus. Considering the great variability of the H. congener, I at first thought it not unlikely that the present Helops (sixteen examples of which, taken by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera, are now before me) might be some insular modification of that species; and even still I would not be quite positive that such may not, in reality, be the case ; though, as it seems in some respects to be more on the type of the Teneriffan H. altwagans and elliptipennis, I think it would be rash to treat it as a mere phasis of the congener. It differs from that insect in being on the average a little larger, and in having its limbs (at any rate in the male sex) much more elongate. Its clypeus, also, is more straightly truncated at the apex; its prothorax and elytra are a trifle more drawn in at their respective bases; and the latter are more deeply striated, with their interstices more alutaceous and convex, less evidently punctulated (the punctures being usually obsolete), but with a rather more decided tendency to be longitudi- nally studded (posteriorly and towards the sides) with very remote and minute tubercles. APPENDIX. 65 Fam. MELOID. Genus ZONITIS. Fabricius, Syst. Ent. 126 (1775). Zonitis imperialis. Z. cylindrica, nigra, dense pubescens ; capite prothoraceque profunde punctatis; scutello magno; elytris pallide rufis, utrinque maculis duabus (anticé minore et interdum obsoleta) nigrescentibus ornatis ; antennis pedibusque longissimis, robustis, unguiculis tibiarumque calcariis piceo-ferrugineis.—Long. corp. lin. 5-7. Zonitis 4-punctata, Woll. [nec Fab.], Ins. Mad. 530 (1854). — —, I., Cat. Mad. Col. 163 (1857). Hatitat in Madera et Portu Sancto, hinc inde ad flores in inferioribus. Fam. ANTHICIDA. Genus MECYNOTARSUS. La Ferté, Mon. des. Anth. 57 (1848). Mecynotarsus semicinctus, n. sp. M. fragilis, leviter punctulatus, opacus, sericeo-pubescens, testaceus, solum in elytris fascié media (versus latera abbreviata et per sutu- ram anguste interrupti) nigrescente ornatus; prothorace globoso, processu antico maximo triangulari (basi lato) valde serrato in- structo; elytris subconvexis, ovalibus, apice leviter subtruncato- abbreviatis ; antennis pedibusque etiam pallidioribus, gracillimis, longissimis.—Long. corp. lin. 17-14. Habitat Canariam Grandem, in aridis arenosis submaritimis juxta urbem Las Palmas 4 W. D. Crotch, M. D., repertus. This interesting Mecynotarsus, three examples of which were cap- tured by Dr. Crotch in the sandy maritime region of Grand Canary between Las Palmas and the Isleta, is totally distinct from the Me- diterranean M. rhinoceros,—being not only very much larger but also entirely testaceous, with the exception of a blackish transverse fascia in the middle of the elytra (which is shortened towards either side and narrowly interrupted along the suture, so as to constitute two large oblique patches). In minor particulars it is less densely, but rather more coarsely sericeous than the MW. rhinoceros, with its decumbent pubescence of a pale testaceous hue instead of being silvery or cinereous ; its prothorax is less opake, with the anterior process both broader at the base (or more triangular) and more finely and numerously serrated along the edges; its elytra are con- € 66 APPENDIX. vexer, or more truncated at their extreme apex; and its limbs are even longer still. In several of the characters above alluded to, it will be seen that the present Mecynotarsus would appear (judging at least from La Ferté’s diagnosis) to agree with the M. bison, of Olivier, from Arabia; but that insect is described as entirely testaceous, whereas the Canarian one (which is probably also slenderer) has a black fascia across the middle of its elytra; and, even had this not been so, it is hardly likely that the same species (and one so manifestly indigenous) would be found in regions which are separated from each other by the whole continent of Africa, and which does not seem to exist in any of the intermediate countries. a Fam. SCYDMANIDA. Genus SCYDMANUS. Latreille, Gen. Crust. et Ins, i. 232 (1806). Scydmenus castaneus, n. sp. S. angustulus, rufo-castaneus, nitidus, pube grossé subdemiss4 fulvo- cinereaé parce vestitus, (oculo fortissime armato) minutissime ac parcissime punctulatus; prothorace subcordato (postice valde an- gustato), ad basin parce rugoso-puncato ; elytris ellipticis (antice et presertim postice acutiusculis); antennis breviusculis pedi- busque saturate testaceis——Long. corp. lin. 3—vix 1. Habitat in Gomera et Hierro, sub foliis dejectis 4 DD. Crotch lectus. Several examples of this little Scydmaenus were taken by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera, by sifting dead leaves above Hermigua ; and they likewise met with two more in Hierro. It is remarkable for its brightly polished but pubescent surface, reddish-chestnut hue, narrowish outline, elliptical elytra, and for its prothorax being cordiform, or greatly attenuated behind, and roughly punctured at the base. Some of the specimens are altogether a little smaller and narrower than the remainder; but after overhauling them very closely beneath the microscope, I cannot discover a single character either of outline or structure which will enable me to separate them even as a permanent variety. - Fam. PSELAPHIDA.. Genus PSELAPHUS. Herbst, Kaf. iv. 106 (1792). APPENDIX. 67 Pselaphus palpiger, n. sp. P. gracilis, rufo-castaneus, nitidissimus, parcissime fulvo-pubescens, impunctatus ; capite prothoraceque angustissimis, ovalibus ; oculis minutissimis, demissis, subobsoletis (e lentibus perpaucis compo- sitis); elytris triangularibus, brevissimis, singulis lined suturali integra et altera sulciformi basali abbreviata instructis ; palporum maxillarium articulo ultimo longissimo, subflexuoso, breviter pu- bescente ; tarsorum art® 2° sat grosse clavato.—Long. corp. lin. 1. Habitat in Gomera, 4 DD. Crotch parce collectus. In the immensely elongated subflewuose last joint of its maxillary palpi, its extremely narrow head and nearly obsolete eyes, the curious little Pselaphid from which the above diagnosis has been drawn out, and which practically must be well-nigh blind, might almost claim a distinct genus for its reception ; yet in size, colour, clothing, surface, and general contour it so much resembles the European P. Heisiz that before careful examination it might literally be mistaken for that insect. Apart, however, from the enormously developed, some- what ensiform apex of its palpi, its rudimentary eyes, and the greatly narrowed anterior segments of its body, it may be known by its elytra being likewise narrower, as well as much shorter and with the line down the disk of each obsolete posteriorly, by its antenne being a little paler and rather more abbreviated, and by its feet having their second joint a little thicker and more clavate. Several specimens of the P. palpiger were taken by the Messrs, Crotch in Gomera, during their late Canarian campaign. Fam. STAPHYLINIDA. Genus TACHYUSA. Erichson, Kaif. der Mark Brand. i. 307 (1837). Tachyusa maritima. 7. depressa, minute punctulata, subopaca, nigra, dense cinereo- pubescens ; capite transversim subquadrato ; prothorace late cana- liculato, postice angustiore ; elytris vix picescentioribus ; antennis pedibusque saturate testaceis, illis gracilibus, apicem versus vix obscurioribus.—Long. corp. lin. 13. Tachyusa maritima, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. vi. 51 (1860). Habitat Maderam, in salinis maritimis sub lapidibus parcissime degens. Genus HOMALOTA. Mannerheim, Brachél. 73 (1831). e2 68 APPENDIX. Homalota depauperata, n. sp. H. angustulo-linearis, subnitida, parce pubescens, capite vix, pro- thorace subtilissime, sed elytris paululum evidentius punctulatis ; capite parvo, rotundato-ovali, nigro-piceo, oculis minutis ac valde demissis; prothorace parvo, angusto, rufo-ferrugineo, ad latera subrecto, obsolete (postice evidentius) canaliculato; elytris parvis, brevibus, subtestaceo-fuscis, versus angulos externos posticos vix obscurioribus ; abdomine nitido, parce asperato-punctato, fusco- ferrugineo, in medio nigrescentiore ; antennis subgracilibus, fusco- testaceis, basi paulo dilutioribus ; pedibus pallide testaceis.—Long. corp. lin. 11. Habitat in Gomera, a DD. Crotch semel capta. A single specimen of the Homalota described above was taken by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera; and it differs so very decidedly from all the other members of the genus enumerated in this volume, that I am compelled, even in the absence of further material, to treat it as new. It may be recognized by its narrow, linear outline, and by its head, eyes, prothorax, and elytra being each of them very small— or, as it were, reduced in dimensions—in proportion to the size of the insect. The punctures of its head (which is of a blackish-piceous tint) are almost obsolete, being barely traceable even beneath the microscope ; those of its prothorax (which is reddish-ferruginous), although extremely minute, are more perceptible; whilst those of its (testaceous-brown and greatly abbreviated) elytra, though like- wise very small, are comparatively distinct. Its antenne are some- what slender, and of a brownish-testaceous hue; and its legs are extremely pale. Genus OXYPODA. Mannerheim, Brachél. 69 (1831). Oxypoda obsccena, n. sp. O. rufo-ferruginea, subnitida, minute sericeo-pubescens, dense et minute punctulata; capite subrotundato, oculis parvis; elytris brevissimis ; abdomine in medio nigrescentiore ; antennis brunneis, ad basin saturate testaceis ; pedibus pallide testaceis.—Long. corp. lin. vix 11. Habitat Teneriffam, 4 DD. Crotch semel tantum deprehensa. Captured by the Messrs. Crotch in Teneriffe, though only a single example. ‘Ihe species which it appears to represent is closely allied to the O. brevipennis (found likewise in that island, as well as in Gomera), but is a little larger, with its head somewhat rounder and APPENDIX. 69 more developed, its eyes not quite so minute, its antenns longer and darker, its intermediate abdominal segments slightly blackened, and with its hinder feet less elongate. Genus HYPOCYPTUS. Mannerheim, Brachél. 58 (1881). Hypocyptus reductus. H. acuminato-obovatus, convexus, niger, nitidus, pubescens; pro- thorace ad latera angustissime diluto; elytris valde abbreviatis, singulatim oblique truncatis ; antennis pedibusque piceo-testaceis, illarum articulo ultimo longitudine reducto.—Long. corp. lin. 2. Hypocyptus reductus, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. vi. 52 (1860). Habitat Maderam, rarissimus. In urbe ipsé Funchalensi exemplar unicum collegi. Genus MYCETOPORUS. Mannerheim, Brachél. 62 (1831). Mycetoporus monilicornis. M. angustus, elongato-filiformis ; capite (angusto, triangulari, oculis parvis) prothoraceque rufo-testaceis ; elytris (brevibus) vel rufo- testaceis vel fere nigris; abdomine (sat profunde punctato) piceo- testaceo, basi apiceque szepius clarioribus; antennis (elongatis, submoniliformibus, articulo ultimo fere oblongo) pedibusque tes- taceis ; prothoracis punctis 4 anticis fere ad marginem ipsum sitis ; elytrorum seriebus tribus parce obsoleteque punctatis.—Long. corp. lin. 12-2. a. Elytris fere concoloribus, rufo-testaceis. [In ins. Gomerd ; et for- san in Teneriffe locis valde elevatis. | 3. obscuripennis. Elytris plus minus piceo-nigrescentibus, interdum fere omnino obscuris. [In Teneriffe locis valde excelsis. | Mycetoporus monilicornis, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 559 (1864). Habitat in editioribus Teneriffe et Gomere, 4 DD. Crotch lectus. My original diagnosis of this Mycetoporus having been drawn out from a single and rather immature example, which was captured by Dr. Crotch (during the spring of 1862) in the higher elevations of Teneriffe, I had no opportunity of perceiving that it varies consider- ably in the colour of its elytra; and I have thought it desirable, therefore, to give a corrected one in the present Appendix. The species is remarkable for being extremely slender and filiform, for its head and prothorax (the former of which is small, narrowed and subtriangular, with the eyes comparatively minute) being rufo-tes- 70 APPENDIX. taceous, for its elytra and abdomen being etther brownish-testaceous or else more or less darkened—the state “3. obscuripennis,” as defined above, having its elytra nearly black,—and for its antennee being not only rather elongated (with the subapical joints monili- form, and the apical one oblong) but also (like the legs) of a pale testaceous throughout. Its four anterior prothoracic impressions are — placed very close to the front margin ; and its three elytral lines are but sparingly and obsoletely punctured. The M. filiformis is a species which is so well defined by its narrow outline, the construction of its pallid antenna, its small eyes, and its rufo-testaceous head and prothorax, that I cannot think that the variation in the mere colour of its elytra is of much significance,— particularly since some of the examples are, in that respect, partially intermediate. As a whole, however, judging from the series now before me, it would appear that the Gomeran individuals (and per- haps also those from the very lofty altitudes of Teneriffe) have their elytra rufo-testaceous and immaculate ; whilst those (the state “6” of my diagnosis) which were captured by the Messrs. Crotch in the somewhat less elevated districts of the latter island, namely in the Pinal above Yeod el Alto, have their elytra more or less darkened, and sometimes nearly black. Mycetoporus Johnsoni. M. rufo-testaceus, nitidus; pectore abdomineque (ano plus minus ferrugineo excepto) obscurioribus ; oculis parvis; prothoracis punctis 4 anticis 4 margine valde remotis; elytris convexis, bre- vibus, punctorum seriebus tribus fere obsoletia ; antennis pallidi- oribus.—Long. corp. lin, 1-vix 13. Mycetoporus pronus, var. 8., Woll., Ins. Mad. 573 (1854). , Id., Cat. Mad. Col, 186 (1857). coe Johnsoni, id., ‘Ann, Nat, Hist. vi. 52 (1860). Habitat Maderam, in sylvaticis editioribus, passim. The present Mycetoporus, which occurs sparingly in the sylvan districts of Madeira proper, I had regarded formerly as a depau- perated state of the M. pronus; but a subsequent and more critical examination of it has induced me to describe it as distinct. It is rather smaller than the pronus, with the eyes more minute, and with the four punctures a little further removed from the anterior edge of the prothorax ; the elytra are. shorter and more convex, with their three rows of longitudinal punctures almost obsolete; and the antennz are somewhat paler, and not quite so incrassated towards their apex. APPENDIX. 71 Mycetoporus adumbratus, n. sp. M. solidicorni similis, sed forsan paululum major; prothorace nigro, in margine basali presertim ad angulos posticos testaceo, punctis 4 anticis a margine antico sensim remotioribus ; elytris sublongi- oribus et fere nigris (sc. ad humeros necnon per marginem posti- cum solum testaceis); antennis paulo longioribus.—Long. corp. lin, 12, | Halitat Teneriffam, 4 DD. Crotch deprehensus. Detected by the Messrs. Crotch in Teneriffe (in the Pinal above Yeod el Alto), and, like the following species, hitherto unique. It is much allied to the M. solidicornis, of which at first I had imagined that it might be only a dark variety ; but a more accurate inspection reveals too many differences to render this probable. Judging from the individual before me, the M@. adwmbratus would appear to be a trifle larger than the solidicornis (though this may be merely acci- dental); its prothorax (instead of being testaceous) is black, with only the hinder margin (particularly about the basal angles) pale, and has the four anterior punctures further removed from the front edge; the dark patch, or cloud, on the disk of each elytron is not only very much darker but also so much suffused as to cover the greater portion of the surface,—extending to the extreme base, and leaving only the posterior margin and a spot at the shoulders testa- ceous ; and its antenne are a little longer. Mycetoporus discoideus, n. sp. M. elongato-ellipticus ; capite nigro-piceo; prothorace, elytris ab- domineque (valde profunde punctato) infuscato-testaceis, elytris singulis per marginem lateralem anguste nigris necnon in disco postico ample nigro-maculatis, abdominis segmentis singulis antice : nigris ; antennis (breviusculis, articulo ultimo brevi subgloboso) fuscis, ad basin pedibusque saturate testaceis ; prothoracis punctis 4 anticis a margine parum remotis; elytris seriebus tribus dense asperato-punctatis.—Long. corp. lin. 2. Habitat Teneriffam, 4 DD. Crotch semel tantum lectus. A single example of this Mycetoporus was taken by the Messrs. Crotch in Teneriffe. In its general aspect and colouring it is a good deal suggestive of the Bolitobius luridus ; nevertheless the aciculated last joint of its maxillary palpi at once assigns it to the present genus. It seems to be a little shorter and relatively broader than the M. rufus, and its colour is entirely different,—the head being black (or nearly so), whilst the prothorax and elytra (the latter of 72 APPENDIX. which have their extreme outer margin dark, as well a large suffused patch on the hinder disk of each) are brownish-testaceous. Its abdo- men also has the posterior half of each segment conspicuously diluted in hue. But, apart from colour and outline, it may immediately be known from that species by its antennse being more abbreviated and compact, with the terminal articulation shorter and more globose, and by its three elytral lines being very much more closely punctured, with the punctures smaller and more asperate. The M. discoideus is far more closely allied however to the solidi- cornis, with which indeed I am inclined to think that it may prove eventually to be conspecific; though, with but a single example of each for comparison, I scarcely like to amalgamate them. Judging from the type now before me, it seems to differ from the latter chiefly in its larger size, in the last joint of its antennee being a little broader, and in the infuscated portion of its elytra being both more expressed and more concentrated into a large patch on the disk of each. If it should be shown ultimately to be but a state of the solidicornis, of course the latter name (as being the prior one) will have to stand for the species. Genus OCYPUS. (Kirby) Steph., Ill, Brit. Ent. v. 211 (1832). Ocypus sylvaticus, n. sp. O. niger vel piceo-niger (sepius in elytris paulo rufescentior), sub- nitidus elytris subopacis ; capite prothoraceque plus minus obsolete eneo-tinctis, sat profunde punctatis, parce pubescentibus, illo parum magno subrotundato convexo, héc subcarinato-lineato ; elytris brevibus, densius pubescentibus ac densius asperato-punc- tatis; abdomine parce asperato-punctato; antennis pedibusque piceo-ferrugineis et (presertim his) fulvo-pubescentibus.—Long. corp. lin, 73-11. Habitat in sylvaticis Gomer editioribus, 4 DD. Crotch repertus. Twenty examples of this Ocypus, from which the above diagnosis has been compiled, were taken by the Messrs. Crotch in the laurel- woods above Hermigua in Gomera. The species much resembles the curtipennis from Grand Canary, but its head and prothorax are less shining, less brassy, rather less pubescent, and not quite so thickly punctured ; its elytra (although short) are a little less abbreviated, much less closely and somewhat more coarsely beset with asperated punctules; and the punctules of its abdomen are very much more remote. The last-mentioned character, indeed, will separate it from APPENDIX. 73 all the Ocypi enumerated in this volume, though the O. affinis approaches it more than any of the others in the comparatively wide sculpture of its abdomen. Genus DOLICAON. Laporte, Etud. Ent. i. 119 (1834). Dolicaon debilipennis, n. sp. D. angustus, filiformis, nitidus, lete testaceo-rufus, abdominis seg- mentis 4 basalibus solum nigris, antennis pedibusque rufo-testa- ceis; capite prothoraceque parce et (presertim illo) profunde punctatis, oculis minutis; elytris parvis, brevissimis abdomineque paulo minutius, tamen parce, asperato-punctulatis.—Long. corp. lin, 23-34. Habitat in sylvaticis editioribus Gomer, 4 DD. Crotch collectus. Apart from its beautifully coloured surface (which is entirely of a clear testaceo-rufous, with only the four basal segments of the abdomen black), this elegant Dolicaon may be known from the other species enumerated in the present volume by its narrower outline, minute eyes, less elongated prothorax, and its small, greatly abbre- viated elytra. Its discovery is due to the indefatigable researches of the Messrs. Crotch, who met with several examples of it at a high elevation (in the laurel-woods above Hermigua) in Gomera—during their late trip to the Canaries. Dolicaon Paiva, n. sp. D. subeylindricus sed postice plus minus evidenter sublatior, nitidus, niger vel subpiceo-niger, elytris postice necnon abdomine ad apicem szepius obscure subpicescentioribus, antennis, palpis pedi- busque clare rufo-ferrugineis ; capite crassiusculo; sculptura fere ut in D, debilipenni.—Long. corp. lin. 34-41. Habitat in ins. Salvages; 4 Barone “Castello de Paiva’? benigne communicatus, cujus in honorem nomen triviale proposui. A well-defined species, and which may easily be known from the others enumerated in this Catalogue by its uniformly black hue (the elytra and apex of the abdomen, particularly the former, being for the most part but very slightly diluted in hue), whilst its antenne, palpi, and legs are of a clear rufo-ferruginous. It appears to be peculiar to the Salvages, from the larger or more northern island of which it has on two separate occasions been obtained (though very sparingly) by the Barao do Castello de Paiva,—to whose kindness I Hi 74 APPENDIX. have frequently been indebted for much valuable material from those remote rocks, and to whom I have great pleasure in now dedicating this interesting addition to the Atlantic fauna. Genus SCOPAUS. Erichson, Gen. et Spec. Staph. 604 (1889). Scopzeus subopacus. S. angustus, nigro-piceus, subopacus ; capite prothoraceque dense. alutaceis, fere pilis carentibus, illo subrotundato-quadrato ; elytris crebre et minute punctulatis ac pilis brevibus demissis cinereis vestitis ; antennis rufo-testaceis, apicem versus fuscescentibus ; pedibus infuscate testaceis.—Long. corp. lin, 11. Scopeeus subopacus, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. vi. 103 (1860). Habitat Maderam, sub recremento ad basin acervorum foeni sparso a Dom. Bewicke in intermediis semel tantum captus. Genus TROGOPHLEUS. Mannerheim, Brachél. 49 (1831). Trogophleus oculatus, n. sp. 7. angustulus, niger vel piceo-niger, subnitidus, subtiliter cinereo- pubescens ; capite prothoraceque minute et sat crebre punctulatis, oculis magnis prominentibus usque ad basin illius postice ductis, héc in disco postico utrinque longitudinaliter biimpresso; elytris breviusculis, subpicescentioribus, paulo distinctius punctatis; an- tennis pedibusque breviusculis, illis piceo-, ad basin pedibusque rufo-testaceis.—Long. corp. lin. 13-11. Trogophlceus bilineatus, Woll. [nec Erich. |, Cat. Can. Col. 599 (1864). Habitat in Canaria Grandi et Teneriffa, rarissimus. Obs.—Species 7’. bilineato affinis sed vix minor, angustior, sub- picescentior ac paulo subtilius punctulatus, oculis multo majoribus, usque ad capitis basin ipsam postice continuatis, elytris brevioribus necnon antennis pedibusque sensim pallidioribus. A. Canarian Trogophleus of which I have seen as yet but two examples, one haying been taken by myself (in the region of El Monte) in Grand Canary and the other by the Messrs. Crotch in Teneriffe. In my late Catalogue I cited it as the 7’. bilineatus of Erichson, but I am informed by Messrs. Rye and Waterhouse that it cannot be identified with that species; and, indeed, a more critical comparison of it with a type of the bilineatus, which has been com- municated by the latter, has quite satisfied me that such is the case. APPENDIX. 75 Thus, it is not only a trifle smaller, narrower, and perhaps somewhat less black, than the bilineatus, with its punctation a little finer, its elytra not quite so developed, and its limbs appreciably paler(?), but ~ its eyes are considerably larger—extending to the very base of the head (and having, therefore, no decided orbit behind them), and oc- cupying, as Mr. Rye well expressed it, “‘ the whole temporal area.” Trogophleus exilis, T. angustus, niger, subnitidus, densissime subtilissimeque cinereo- sericeus; capite prothoraceque minutissime, creberrime et squa- liter subpunctulatis (primo visu quasi grosse subalutaceis), hdc in disco postico obsolete longitudinaliter biimpresso; elytris longi- usculis, sensim picescentioribus, creberrime sed paulo argutius punctulatis; antennis ad basin obscure dilutioribus; pedibus saturate testaceis.—Long. corp. lin. 1. Trogophleeus exilis, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. vi. 105 (1860). Habitat Maderam, Teneriffam et Gomeram, in humidis rarissimus. _ Genus HOMALIUM. Gravenhorst, Col. Micropt. 116 (1802). Homalium tricolor, n. sp. H. nitidulum abdomine subopaco; capite rufo-ferrugineo, antice in medio nigrescentiore; prothorace rufo-testaceo, amplo, punctis perpaucis irregulariter irrorato, in disco postico longitudinaliter bifoveolato; elytris longiusculis, nigro-fuscis ad humeros magis testaceis, crebre et profunde ruguloso-punctatis ; abdomine alutaceo (sed haud punctato), nigro segmentis 3 ultimis rufo-testaceis ; antennis nigris, articulis 4 basalibus pedibusque lete rufo-testa- ceis.—Long. corp. lin, 13. Habitat Maderam borealem, 4 Dom. Bewicke in Huphorbid quidam emortuaé semel repertum. Obs.—Species H. clavicorni affinis, sed differt preecipue capite (rufescentiore), prothorace (majore) elytrisque (longioribus, nigres- centioribus, densius rugosiusque punctatis) nitidiusculis (nec opacis alutaceis), abdomine antice nigrescentiore, postice letius et abrupte rufo-testaceo, haud punctato, necnon antennis paulo longioribus minusque clavatis, articulis 4 (nec 5) basalibus lete et abrupte rufo-testaceis. Of this beautiful Homalium a single example was captured by the late Mr. Bewicke in the north of Madeira proper, from under the bark of a rotten Huphorbia in the Ribeira de Sao Jorge. It would appear consequently to have much the same habits as the H. clavi- f2 76 APPENDIX. corné, to which in some other respects also it is allied. It is, how- ever, abundantly distinct from that species,—being not only a little broader, with its antenne rather longer and less clavate, but with its head (which is more rufescent), its prothorax (which is altogether larger, and of a clearer testaceous hue) and its elytra (which are longer, darker, and more closely and roughly punctured) shining, instead of alutaceous and opake. Its abdomen, which is free from the minute punctules which are traceable in that insect, is blacker anteriorly, but has the hinder segments more clearly and abruptly testaceous—a colour which pertains likewise to the four (instead of five) basal articulations of its antenne. Genus MEGARTHRUS. (Kirby) Steph., I. Brit. Ent. v. 330 (1832). Megarthrus serrula, n. sp. M. subovatus, fuscus, in limbo plus minus subpellucide dilutior, sub- nitidus et preesertim in elytris brevibus valde profunde subasperato- punctatus ; capite latiusculo, triangulari, antice inter oculos (parvos sed valde prominentes) obtuse producto et anguste subrecurvo, in fronte grosse et late subsemicirculariter impresso; prothorace profunde canaliculato, ad latera latissime subrecurvo-explanato et (oculo fortiter armato) minutissime serraté, ad angulos posticos exciso, mox pone medium obsoletissime subangulato, et pone an- gulos rotundatos anticos abrupte angulato ; scutello late triangulari (nec scutiformi); antennis gracilibus, longiusculis, nigrescentibus, ad basin piceis; pedibus fusco-testaceis, tibiis intermediis subeur- vatis.—Long. corp. lin. 1-1. Habitat Gomeram, sub quisquiliis 4 DD. Crotch in editioribus lectus. Several examples of this most distinct and interesting Megarthrus were taken by the Messrs. Crotch (beneath leaves and rubbish, on the mountains above Hermigua) in Gomera, during their late sojourn at the Canaries. In the dilated, somewhat concave edges of its body, its comparatively broad outline, the structure of its small but very prominent eyes, and its slightly curved intermediate tibize (at any rate of the male sex), it would seem at first sight to be almost transitional between the MW. longicornis and the genus Metopsia ; but this is not the case in reality,—for the peculiar configuration of its prothorax, added to the entire (or un-incised) margin of its forehead and its total freedom from a central ocellus, will, even of themselves, at once remove it from the members of that group. From the M. longicornis, which is so widely spread over these APPENDIX. Br Atlantic islands, the present Megarthrus may be known by being relatively shorter, broader and more ovate, more expanded and con- cave at the sides, and rather more convex down its central region, somewhat paler (or more piceous), more coarsely punctured (espe- cially on the elytra), and not quite so opake. Its head is wider, and deeply branded with a nearly semicircular line (the two ends of which cut into the upper surface of the clypeus immediately behind the base of each antenna, at the exact spot occupied by the open Jissure which is so conspicuous in Metopsia) ; its prothorax is also broader, free from a transverse central impression behind, and with the edges (which are minutely serrated, and have the usual exca- vation at the posterior angles) shaped out into a distinct angular tooth immediately behind each of the anterior angles, which are themselves rounded and obtuse ; its scutellum is wide and triangular, instead of being scutiform ; and its elytra are more abbreviated. (1) For the 19 species’ the habitats of which are marked thus +, I consider that more conclusive evidence is required before it can be looked upon as absolutely certain that they were really . captured in the island-Groups thus indicated. (2) The species in ztalics have not, so far as I am aware, been ob- served hitherto except in these Atlantic islands; though we may be quite sure that a proportion of them will be detected in Mediterranean latitudes—whilst it is also possible that certain others may be but modifications of species (which I have usually indicated within brackets) already known’. (3) Those, however, which I should regard as wltra-indigenous (and which, therefore, are not likely ever to be found except in this Atlantic province), I have noted by prefixing to them an asterisk (*); and they must consequently be looked upon as emphatically “ endemic.” as 1 Siagona europea, Dytiscus circumflerus, Gyrinus natator, Berosus spinosus, Cholovocera Madere, Atiagenus pellio, Chasmatopterus nigrocinctus, Laparocerus morio, Hesperophanes roridus, Clytus Webbii, Crioceris asparagi, Gastrophysa polygont, Cassida nebulosa, Coccinella 14-pustulata, Tentyria interrupta, Pimelia fornicata, Tenebrio molitor, Helops Marseulit, and Ischnomera melanura. 2 Although I have thought it desirable to indicate certain species within brackets (prefixing to them an <—«), which I feel it far from impossible may be the central types from which their Atlantic representatives have radiated, I wish particularly to state that I do xo¢ myself believe (at any rate in the majority of cases) that the latter ave undoubted modifications of the former; for had I done so, I should simply have recorded them as mere varieties. But, as I know that there are many naturalists who would hold an opposite opinion, and since I con- sider it a decided advantage (as an aid to the eye) to express (when practicable), even on a tabular list, the exact affinities of species by pointing out their nearest known allies, I have adopted this latter course,—leaving future collectors to judge for themselves (by observation zm sétw) whether they should regard those particular forms as truly specific ones, or not. INDEX TOPOGRAPHICUS. Fam: di Carabidae. (Elaphrides.) ; Mad.| Sal. | Can. 1, Norropuivus, Dum. (1). PO MMEIIAIAESS DOYS 8 os ois: sin.a.0 52 sploe wise * * Loricerides) 2, ELLrerosoma, . (1). *2. Wollastonii, PRUGE aus wicks ee Pe se! *% ( Carabides.) 3. Leistus, Fréh. (2), I NN 6S in ans bend nid bP. isi acelin Py a Ce IAD. WE wig ai > 4c 6 6 90: i4'« 0 s's » Srarsigtels Maaes Pisa 4, Nepria, Lat. (2). AONE DIC vin oc once etc ee doce ip emens RY ars ae TN tla a sa st: Son aind sd bjack.nd 0° OE oye sal dhs s' | 5. Nasi Weber (2). ator, Megat Seaehe YN a Pine ore * coee | & 8. daca, Heer [<—emindagator, F.] ..)....| +++] x 6. CaraBus, L. (3). *9. faustus, card Saree sds eon ni 04 coe AY PS * *10. interruptus (Lat.), Dej. .....sseceeees vies | SRR MMNOITIENE, ENS. 6 o:n'e/s)e colnn V0.0 ap me acens ey Kies s ke (Scaritides.) Vs ia F. (8). ry ape re ee ee Hove |vvee * ig umeralis, W. [<—e abbreviatus, Dej.] ..| # | eres} eves *14, abbreviatus (csi IO 64 sta cenn ecw % 8. Dyscurrivs, Bon. Oe TBvGrmates, WV... cece cece ere cssoevsces ETT er * 16. subeneus, W. [<—= eneus, Dej.]_ .....- Fa} * 17. paucillus, W. [ <—e misellus, Sch.] ...... ya * (Apotomides.) 9. Apotomus (Hoffm.), Ill. (2). 18. Chaudoiria, W. [<—em rufus, Rossi] ....| % |---- pe ee eee ease fe (Ditomrdes.) 10, Aristus, Lat. (1). ZO, sebopacus, Ww. cece ccc seroeernaes ack la? =| @ (Stagonides. ) 11. Sracona, Lat. (1). Zl, europma, Dej. ... 2... ccceecccerveces ES a a ae (Brachinides. ) 12, PHrropsopnts, Sol. (1). 22. hispanicus, De}. ... 2. cee cece ee esoee | aN Deer tir” 80 INDEX TOPOGRAPHICUS. (Dryptides.) Mad.| Sal. | Can. 13. Poiysricuus, Bon. (1). ee err RE Re oe * (Lebiades.) 14. Tarus, Clairv. (9). 24. suturalis, SS Sec * * * *25. discoideus, Dej..... Re EK GE Sole b s tee hn [eae] eo ee *26. Paivanus, W. [ oo sok eRe nies aise bine s'° arlene a OSL. GICTUB NY 5. <0 9 5c Sa em KS, Bi hee * *32. zargoides, W. [<—ex cordatus, Ramb.]....|.... * 15. ree Bon. a it 2). obi 4 4 4k biele eee ORGS oan wae * 34 p pinentie, Wi [<—meridionalis, Dej.]..) .... * 35. alutaceus, W. [<—e« meridionalis, Dej.] ..| Are *36. oceantcus, W....0.seseeeeeeevecencees % cohen "37. IRONS, WW o's o ee steels Na sue tae tare * Ae 38. strigifrons, W. [<—exlinearis,Ol.] ...... esau % *39. ameenus, W. da: s SSR OEM» Mee ate aa ag ee * 40, elliptipennis, W. [<—wsygma, Rossi] ....| % * £2, SigmwA, TOM ss Seca veer eas ee * * 42. umbratus, W. [<—«sigma, Rossi] ...... * ate *43, pervenustus, Wiwesseseverersesseveces nije * 44, incertus, W. [<—««? nigriventris, Thoms. }. % 16. BLecurvs, Mots. ( (§). 45. glabratus (Meg.), Dfts. 2...0.5....... * % 46. maurus, St. [<—«= glabratus, Dfts.]...... * * 47. plagiatus, (Meg.), Dfts. ...........4.- *% * 17. MeTaBLetus, Gobel (5). , 48. patruelis, OUAUG. ‘icc. eaneearaao ase * * 49. obscuroguttatus (And.), Dfts........... * papa 50. inequalis, SOMERS er tie” eager * 51. lancerotensis, W. [<—minequalis,W.]....] 2... * 52. brevipennis, W. [<—exinequalis| ........ ends * 18. MasorEvs (Ziegt)» , Dej. (3). "5B: ROMA WE eS eae eR Seaton e's ets * 54, arenicola, W, [ se eben * Sale pe Sg a Amores ge ge * 32, AMARA, Bon. (3). 128. trtvialia; Gyll,.. -- i. ss le ehioee eee ae * ae "124 coreuta, Wri secu sess ave saen es as eee er > "12. euperans, Wie asa h ess sanvave eye ee * 7a 33. ZABRUS, Clairv. (2). 9196.) erases, Ldhs, » > eles eden santero ween Par * *127. levigatus, Zimm. [<—«= crassus, Dej.].... % Harpalides.) 34, ANISODACTYLUS, Dej. (1). 128. binotatus, iy cx isa. i CGP RA oa ona a a * 35. CRATOGNATHUS, Dej. (7). | *129. solitarius, W aon pai ose aioe with ARES Ae a estes || Sie acee le FDO elated, WW Ss 6:isa:vs mee yals wort jaan Stag aoe Pea (oe me ieee Ae "151 forbubatea, Ws.-5.s55 Ph deat ae aps (ry ae TABS WACINE. WSs 50.40 sas wis See oe ren *% *133. empiricus, W. [<—e micans, W.].......+. veate's * PEA AN OW io:0:0 65:50, ldivgscosens SAMS Heat a "ISD; VOU, DO}. inci s esos! a th sae - oe 36. Harpayvs, Lat. (4). 136. distinguendus, Dufts. .............0.. % art 137. attenuatus, Steph... .....0. ese eee 2 pee ae, 158; Schawins, Weiis.n shaven con tak eae tel, ae Ps 189. tenebrosus, pe FLAN ere nee Oe * * 37. Opuonus (Ziegl.), Steph. (1). 140. rotundicollis, Fairm..........seseeeees ¥ = 38, DicurrotTricuus, Duy. (1). 141. levistriatus, W, [<—« obsoletus, Dej.| .... * 39. STENOLOPHUS (Meg.), Steph. (4). 143; Teutonus, Soh. sdscipigeatseiee ed s020s * a tag 143. discophorus, Fisch. ..........++..+4+- didigis Letty ed a oe 144) marginatis, De}... .ndgualenne> the ves * io! ae Reb COTSRIIGS EG eis. Ao dea, « cacaaentnes sa Ste violas * * 40, BRaDYCELLUS, Erich. (3). 146, harpalinus, Doe}. eeasitenaw sees fb wats * side SER Or Cultea WW eaitysrcsts in seers sole b -s aiaee * ; sei WISE, Henly onsea sy Wo Sense ala da sare aa co scelpheaes aha * INDEX TOPOGRAPHICUS. INDEX TOPOGRAPHICUS. Sal. | Can. 41, TrecutcHvus, Lec. oes OS STAG PIMC Wa aiden vib vesnntveeces ses es % *150. Tansonines, W. [<= fimicola, Wie} * 42. Trecuvs, Clairv. 151. detersus, (a | ee ee, down * pile ee eres: See ‘ AR: *153. nigrocruciatus, _ SORIRRIOE os apne * ene *154. levis, W. [-—=flavomarginatus, W.} .. * MA *155. flavomarginatus, WN ain Sith arn eaiale GIN MESS % Rae *156. Soap [<—mflavomarginatus,W.}).... % PES ooo sci ssp oscp enviar ote’ % aA ill le taal a ou *159. elix, WV. <—ex CUStOS, Weel vies es Giese’ sae * *160. quadricollis, W. [ Ss 5's eke 197. planus, By... sees e cnet 198. Clarkii, W. [-<—exaffinis, Penis =o; pee 199. ceresyi, AUDE.......6 eee e cece se eenee *200. vigilans, W. [<—eetessellatus, Aubé] . O01. feapeliains (D,), Aube 1 eee ue pee Laccopuius, Leach (1). 202. inflatus, W. [<—emminutus, L.] 11.1... Wreas CoLyMBETES, Clairv. (2). 203. coriaceus (Hoffm.), Lap. .........2-00. exe *204. lanio, F. [<—eecoriaceus, Lap.] «1.2... . AGABUS, Leach (5). 205. bipustulatus, Lis... 5522s vt cc ee ee oe 206, nebulosus, Porat. :.555s5\05 5 ot tame eee 207. biguttatus, Oliv. .........eeseeeeeees ; 208. capers caot eee! W. [<—exbiguttatus, L.| ..|.... *200; snmderensa, Wig cs ook es Lav eka eta re 210. africanus, Dytiscus, L. (1). 91) ‘elronmlexus, 3.6 34 seat eeeet Pin re . EunectTeEs, Erich. (2). 212. sever peed Mat [<—ex sticticus, L.| . 213. subcoriaceus, W. [~<—westicticus, Li]... . aye Fam. 3. Gyrinide. Gyrinus Geoffr. (4). SIA MetO By big kk sien pe pow eae seRd see Sax D1, wri Rter TI eats ins oe e Soca ed OS tek 216.. Dejeantl, Br. s.6 fave ocsste see wes eae ts es 217. natator, L...... UR ee Re ee ey mare Fam. 4. Parnide. Parnvs, F. (1). 218, prolafericornie, Ps ys +5 <1 oReeee sais se Fam. 5. Helophorida. . HeLopnorvs, F. (1). 59. 219. longitarsis, W. Catostius, W. (1)... ee PAOCIG WN i area os. 6d ao Lees bes a Fe eeeeeeoreeree eee se esse ves . OcuTHEBIUS, Leach (5). 221. 4-foveolatus, W. [<—e«? punctatus, Steph. ] Paee PURMPOUS Ty Vea aerate ba awed s Skee ; [Ke KKH HK KOK OR * * "*#*e * I [ke % Mad.} Sal. | Can. 60. OCHTHEBIUS (continued). #223. subpictus, W, [<—=? marinus, Pk,]...... ‘ Es Ghs 224. rugulosus, We . 11+ 0++s hers pos oP ee ‘ ty B25. Vapadscold, We 5s. ees cece cece nnees oot} és 61. Hyprmna, Kugel. er 226. Rann k's a PEL RE Fale os news ited . 297, quadricollis, W 5 ROSES Ae eee cael oe ie Fam. 6. ae 62. Lrmnostrus, Leach (3 -228. gracilipes, FHC OLE DENEEE ERG EIA Cee err, a *229. grandicollis, Dee singe ed edge * ear DEEN asco ccs oni eeweledeecsteee eae * 63, Laccostus, Erich. (1). OSS sie s * % 64, PuituypRvs, Sol. (1). 232. melanocephalus, Oliv. ............ es ae 65. Brrosus, Leach (1). 233. spinosus (Stev.), Schon. ......., Tee ware 66. Hyprosius, Leach ho TER ROMMOTTROUS, Wie ee eee ee bev eee ae. % *235. marchantie, W Pad CO Sieew MES EA peeiRee SS * gue SE Ee See eee x 67. CH#TARTHRIA (Waterh.), Steph. (1). 237. similis, W. [<—eeseminulum, Pk.] ...... npc % Fam. 7. Spheridiade. 68. CycLonotum (Dej.), Erich. (1). pS PARA ne ee yet - 69. DAcTYLOSTERNUM, W. (1). f 239. eer Meise ke wh « 2tss Sohp uy eet * % 70, SpHzRIDIvM, F. (1). 240. bipustulatim, F. Sp etapa OF SP, te YEA % 71. Cercyon, Leach (6) Be EST 60] | seen es Aas ha OS OS Se eee CoD PAS ie tk Cae en SAS rece rr * ae Re 244. leprdum, W. Nee a TY tO Rt ee kN a Bee eis * 245, nigriceps, Mshm ............+eeee0e: * % * Bet eee, Ti cme nes Py TOE eer Fam. 8. Silphide. 72. Carors, Payk (4). *247, onde \ SPP rete ere ree * ba *2A8. putridus, W. ....ccesssesscveseuceces Beas » 249, velox, 8 ence 5, gd painie! taste Teale meiner ea * pee 250. a Wy. [<—wevelor, Sp.] ..... cece ea: * 73. SrupHa, L. (2). *25 1: simplicicornis, | eet ke: oie eee a Sa ‘“ *252. figurata, Br. ....-eseeeeeeee Se REke 6 wisi pe Fam. 9. Anisotomide. 74, Srerevs, W. (1). #953. cercyonides, W...s.essseeee fii oistes SH9 vee * Fam. 11. Clambidz. 78. CuaMBvs, Fisch. (1). 260. .complinania, Ws:-x'.'. sox aerthig eye Ba Solas eva *% 79, CALYPTOMERUS, Redt. (1). 261. dubius, Mshm .......... is § Nh eweis Wek os bass Bie ake keke es Pein : *% . 274. atomaria, De Geer ..........esseeee * » Thee *275., anthracind, MR. G io ha villas ae ta ve's Le ! * 276. Wollastont, Matth. [<—«=fascicularis, Hbst]| .... . *277. Crotchit, Matth:: .\.c2.syaebea wees * 218. pericans, Hoet\: +. 5% cpusaeemeees'> o's, 6 Heeeg * 279. Montandonii, Allib.. 5.5% ssitiew > sees * Aa 280. Guerinii, Allib......... Peer eras 5 * x *281. canariensis, Matth. ...6.....00060.06 Le % 88. NEPHANES, Thoms. (1). Beas Litany INOWIE Ss 60s So koteba wee % *% 89. Prenipium, Erich. (3). Peas WOVIPAIIN, CANIN. ys eas ws e's econ ayes * 284. apicale (St.), Gillm................0.5 * % 6p. punctatum, Gylly «5 95's pews vs 4-Oena Ne * INDEX TOPOGRAPHICUS. Mad.} Sal. | Can 90, PrinELLA, Mots. (3). ZOD, EGON GEE vero ei viviciees ces cen coees ae * 287. Proteus, tS? feaponains< a Aelia é an 288 angustula, UMM aii a ais vids 9 vi 4 4 9 05.6 ie ‘. Fam. 14. Phalacride. 91. PHALACRUS, Payk. 103 289. coruscus, P. Bees RAMAN apelt, Yatuk pices ve fect * 92, OtrsRUvs, Erich. ee PEMEMIIO TY oo. s3.6,5 0.0.055:0.010,0,0.8.0-98 4 wh * ee ER er oe by ke 292, onal ERROR ae f see 293. Stephensii (Leach), Bitohia ss ccas ee * Lees: ETS ITY 5.0 i jo;0,o 5 0 od 0, 3ib's dle WA or dlasels ie * 295. subereus, W Te oie jhe uae Cena cab a tnt * ayo, wonmmilis, Mshm .........5..ce0nee: * * Fam. 15. Nitidulide. 93, HETEROBRACHIUM, W. (1). ; *297. longimanum, W. .....005+ ie ee ee Oesiss * 94, BRACHYPTERUS, Kugel. (3). eh SO eer rer wee * Ee RRR I Speman Fehr Aas * lS | Re ee Be id * 95. CaRrpoPpuitus (Leach), Steph. (4). 5s hetin ty wastes 301. mutilatus (Hoffm.), Erich............. %* cnn 802. dimidiatus, _ ye eae ates aks * * 303. hemipterus, Pi aa UK do Mabe s Kat Spe ouee * * *304. tersus, EEE EPR ARR coments Ape et o.e 918 * 96. Epurma, Erich. (2)- 305. obsoleta, eRe Level Cees % 97. Nirmpvxa, F. (2). | MR SITEG seeds 4.5 6 aisvindan ne es RB * * 307. 4- ustulata, Aaa uit 8 Go BOS Oe Ae * ee we 98. Omosrra, Erich. (2). PUL 6 aos ok ges sere nde seed’ a * EMT gies 5 vet vas ¢ hae cee OSS Sree * 99, Pria- Sy 7 Steph. (1). i ee BOGE wy 408. munda,: Eerich,.. «5.5: 524:.5s ian! .tateierg le oes oe A er * 400; apicalis, BIMGH. 3).\5.+:..ss2.teaeee wags s * oes "410, reebricolles, W105 's chin enteeee saneee Aa *% TALI: genesee, We © a sss cls conve d viene steels Sale *% "AID BaslOoeds Wo ans oe as din Rg dein Sencar ee ae *% MAIS) enseoln, W's ties 5 6 ci sce es ve hie IE veel oe AIG! albdy rattan Wo soc) cts teeeeslone rth eee eee % 127. EpistEmus (Westw.), Steph. (1). 415. gyrinoides,Mshm..................5- * * Fam. 23. Latridiade. 128. CHotovoceRa, Mots. (1). 416. Madera, Westy. 06. cceccevccssccees t 129. ANommatus, Wesm. (1). 417, 12-striatus, Mull... 0... ce eee * 130. HotoparameEcvs, Curt. (4). RIS) Kan AUK. -. 05 ae oes adeneheee * hae 4 419. singularis, Beck ...........ceee ces Sad % 420; caularum, Aub6. issu lus wee eg ele ces D9 x 421. niger (Chevr.), Aubé .............00 * * 131. Corticarta, Mshm (11). 422, pubescens (IIL), Gyll. .........0. ee * i 423. fulva (Chevr.), Villa ........00 es eee *% * 424. crenicollis?, Mann, ............000005 * ier 425, -oreecudoses, W vs:.%s%4'ote%ns sab athe 2 deere view *% * 426, sexrata, Payee ios: ia Gecliedes > Oe Ore * * 427. inconspicua, W. [<—«serrata, Payk. | * ne A428, rotundicollaa, Wise sve valeln is dae teeete 00% * iat 429, angulata, W. [<—ee angulosa, Mots.|....|.... * 430. curta, W. (truncatella?, Mann.) ........ *% *% 451; tenella, Weis osc RARE ee Oe ay; * 452. fagi, W. [<—« elongata, Gyll.] ........ * onthe 132, Blea Nat Host (ey sr bay ASS, assimilis,.Mann.. oe 3icgeode's bee he * hate AO, MUR Lan = 6d occ ee ede ees ose kaee x * 435. opacypennis, W. [<—we minutus, L.|...... Bil * 436, transversus, Oliv. .........6......0 06. * io ART, elects, Wise vos dol ead cde ad AD * bat ASS, ruficollis,; Misha, 6 '3.-ci6 ve es osc PR * % INDEX TOPOGRAPHICUS. gt Mad.| Sal.’ : 138, MeropHTHatamus (Mots.), W. (5). be "ASO. aaperdis, Ww s eek ieee es * or RY Ee ee ua * TAAL NORDEMAN ig Vis vices cess seen ees M3 % *4AD, soulpturaius, Wo ow cece . Mh eras eS eee Pe # Fam. 24. Mycetophagide. 134. mar) (Dej.), Da, a 444, tamarisci O REIN 9) Sie sb hin wai he lear * 135. MyRMEcOXENUS, hev. (1). 445, picinus, RIOR UE tiers * % 136. Mycrtaa (Kby), Steph. (1). MOMMA ick ebedeslees * 137. baie sion Redt, (1). RE PEMANIIG «6's sas ep pace bo weavers s 138, Lrraraus, Erich. (3). oe : *448, pictus, W PPR ce pee cette cies tk eaehan * ear 449. pilosus, IE: * yiniee 450. 3-fasciatus, W. [<—«=pilosus, W.]...... ea * 139, TypHma (Kby), Steph. (1). EM RET cbs edi cee vb ane * Pe Fam. 25. Telmatophilide. 140. THatLEstus, W. (2). PMI, WN 5 a5 0 5 oo wsjele.sn vg Sa Bicaiene Fees ‘ *4558. subellaptecus, WW. ... 6. cece aaee wast % 141. Drpuyxixvs, Steph. (1) 454, lunatus, a et ar ey ene CCAS Car eee ee CE *% * Fam. 26. Dermestidz. 142. DermestTEs, L. (2). MRIS Ble oy oo 6 6 een noo wl viphsfiie oa’ * ¥ DS) a a ee Be vic s 148. ATrraGEnvs, Lat. (3 6 NG racer otic oe * Pp. OT aD: Le * * 0 Se rere eer i evs t 144, Texopss, Redt. (4). RTT NEL sy coc teed sccis tee tnvea ee sil a WARNES, We ccc cee etn ewe en sae * "AG. mattafasciatus, W... 6... csv cecenesen's estes ¥ *463. fasciatus, W PEM b eestonstmatiad wis jerele sleds 2 pera * 145. ANTHRENUS, Geoffr. (2). 464. ase Ps ols weds» «0 ee gid Renee ae * % * 465. minor, W. [<—e? minutus, Kiist.]...... aA a noe) a Fam. 27. Byrrhide. 146. Syncatypra (Dillw.), Steph. (5). ENED Ns hci es alee eee ta ea ers vee vere APs * 467. granulosa, W. «11.6 e eee eee eects De as * 468. capitata, W. [<—ex P setegera, Ill. 4) sees * aS 469. ovuliformis, W. [<—aesetigera, Ill.] ....| x * OUTIL WV goo ie vd c-y ue saga wens so dee at * ist g 2 92 F am. 28. Histeride. Mad. Sal. Can. 147, Acritus, Lec. (4). *471. gemmula, W........ ee cans eee | pie pad oracans * AT2.-MIMUtGA, STOR sock sees ce cet dann we ee * 473. homeopathicus,W. wi. cc cee ee eees pyre We, ioe 474, PUNCHES BUD, vie sies osc sone’ * 148, Eusracuium, W. (3). : PATE OMIM WY 5 Uns 9 Se ativdhe v nie-0's cage suman Sash * TRUM Ns oko ¥ os oradnnia nes gible sos dw Sse thse % WATT PUNCHALUML, WY 0. v6 os PA ans eeisse nie a 60 0 ace ae * 149, Xenonycuvs, W. (1). ETO ATOROORS Wes vis oc aS eats Dee sis". nee x - 150. Saprinvs, Erich. (13). 479. lobatus, W. [<—aPsabulosus, Mars.]....|...- % BBD: OVOSUEL Wins o's. aio'0's.0.he ce Rte BEE Es bios statute * 48), apricaviug, Erich. 2500s) sae wh oslo * % 48D. e> vices *663.\ comnaatus, Ws sts sista eteanene es BA > ere *564. levicollis, W. |<—«commixtus, W. | "dbo. postecs,; Ws 5. salesmen. VCs «9 és daa *506.| aithionides, Wo... 5. is cae GOR ested «0 as ot “GOT. POCTOMAUES, Ws os se rome Re es po 3 Se "OD; }OOSCUINERS VV 6 a6 vin 2 5p pres We ales pla TIMID) SUDOPOOUR, WV 8. is 6'o's s o'o RE SRG Sm 5.050 RR PONS PET: MTACACUBS WV he's eins aividwies dss awiacceaa oa Wee PEST Es ONCECONE NV ie woo a,0. 9,5 3.0 ales. 93/0 Dede a Jan's "BTR MAMET ENME Ne sk kd eae tacts 3a chine eh *573. rugosus, W. [<—exmaderensis, W.|...... [ERX KKK KH HK KH HK KR HK KK HK INDEX TOPOGRAPHICUS. Mad. Can. 179, PectERopvs, W. (3). | we ee ee * BATS “DL ORGMEMUNITOND, We eee ee does veccccces es ® *576. scrtudus, W. ..0.+- EUR 6% x49 .0 os pws * 180. MicromimetsEs, W. (2). NAPE Rp ie ko. 4.0 3 6 6 0g 06 onlsis eos austen * POTN Ta Ns sind bles Gens ceeeinns on atale * 18]. CepHaLogonta, W. (1). TOE abo is sien sviewinasdn desis NEee * 182. CepHaLoncus, Westw. (1). *580. capito, alain eee, hoch 4 % Fam. 43. Melyride. 183. DasytTss, Payk. (3). | 581. subenescens, W. [<—exflavipes, F.]...... nya fen % SSSA Renner rie iW * 583. illustris, W. [<—e=nobdilis, Ill.] ........ * dees 184, DoticHosoma, Steph. (1). 584. Hartungit, W. |<—«protensum, Gené] ..|.... * 185. HapLocnemvus, Steph. (2). *585. sculpturatus, We ..cccecseseecceess “es ret * *586. vestitus, W. [<—eesculpturatus, W.] ....|.... * 186. Mrtyrosoma, W. (6). TE e ONG, WY oy since scee vo eeewvinv es bine * Tag PANEMEIMOLSYY 0) wen ec45 4 0's yun acta ere ersiete oo 8 * PON Fe cess en sears veweeeseaean batch * "500. ubdomenale, W..... 2 ccc cccveecccedes * ee CNIS 6) 5 Wiais's o o..0:0'e o9 ses taceien.e ions % POTEET 5 eis cco pesccsnosccescees *% Hess Fam. 44. Cleride. 187. Oprius, Lat. (1). MNS Soo 0ig.4. 0.64h an 6050 V8 Reece tis * 188, CLERvs, Geoffr. (1). EN eia'ae eos 6 5 ss ds-v Seo 4 anya > * 189, CoRYNETES, Hbst (3). Gee PUMOOIIA, TRUND, 6.0 e ec cecceesmeece * * OR NACE Sa Ate * Se eon ee Ri * Fam. 45. Ptinide. 190. Casopus, W. (6). PU MDUSOUTS, WV. 8. aeise ves svin bed age pin * SIR UMMCOINS, We ooo a's vo svdsnnv ser vbie es ihile * *600. alticola, W. [<—emdilaticollis, W.| ...... Sie o *601. pedatus, W. [<—eedilaticollis, W.|_....-. Hy ae * *602. radiosus, W. [<—mdilaticolls, W.|...... sgn * REMMUMNEMEBC ONY 65 0 0 oo v0 000,400, 09,04 9p soem s Sis * 191. Dienomus, W. (1). RE MEMCNONOR Wis ov seers ccceeeeses ep ne ans * 192. Prinvs, L. (3). SIE TMURC OTB Ol ooo ss eos cc te sone ciale waleis * * 606. brunneus (Meg.), Dufts..............- * hee GO7, variegatus, Rossi ............ se eeenen * 95 g6 INDEX TOPOGRAPHICUS. Mad. | Sal. | Can. 193. Miva (Leach), Curt. (1). . -< G08. sulcatumy Bo re cic coe cere cv veces wie * # 194, GrpBrum, Scop. oa GOD. scotias, Fei. ccc. ees ccs v ee ccreoewens * 195. Microprinus, W. (1). *610. gonospermt, Duy. ..cccccescssccesseves wees * 196, Spurious, W. (12). REEL PORTED, We seers oes *% *629. hartulus, W. [<—emcrenatus, W.]....6.4% ices # 201. XyLETINUvS, Lat. (5). "650. tavicollas, W ons cio vs vb bins oe awaits Sins *% TOS AMARA Ws 03 BE a ew dee ee eee Vases *% WEF: COMDENE VA a Iso ooo. cas ba)e caelmenee Maen Ly ia * SOR OFEMGS Ws esi see weasel iewikes Aaa ae Rake’ * *GS4. BPCRVAUUR NY. 5| | 0's ole at coir ad ene ee ae * 202. Notromrmus, W. (3). *635. Simicola, We Un aemtese ny aaa RO ees 5 are * "636. holosericets, Wii's «cya valde ete Vink Ra Ys wy * *637. punctulatissimus, Wei. .cesecereceevees air * 203. ‘Anonieie F, (10). 638. villosum, Br. [<—enhirtum, Tll.] ........ Oey % 639. velatum, W. [<—exhirtum, Il.) ......-- % Are G40. panicoum; 15.....0', Sse eck eae tere ss * * O41: striatum, OL gis eee aot * * *642. cryptophagoides, Wi. ..... cece eee eens et * * 643. empressetty W os: sist0s bee ee esc oe ee Pu *% OAS MOS, Bao es dh og ORS hs eae * *% SRD s H/CLOMICR SINE So o'n e's MESA ES ns Ce eRe ory * MOOT OCULAR, Wier.) s\c civ ce SRG 8 8 Wi 608 EN bets * GAT. grtelinotdes, Wee ii%iiis'es totes eae eos ae * a. 204, Prriinus, Geoffr. (3). O48) pectiniconnia, T° i.e * INDEX TOPOGRAPHICUS. 97 Mad. | Sal. | Can. 204, Prminus Sp coun 649. cylindripennis, Wo... 1. eee veces eens * se 650. lepidus, W. [<—ecylindripennis, W.]....|.+.. % Fam. 47. Bostrichide. 205, XYLOPERTHA, Guér. (3). 651. ficicola, W. [<—exhumeralis, Lucas} ....|.... * G52. barbsfrons, We... 65. ces eceeseeecees “sts % po eee Ae ere * IEE 206. DiINoDERUS, Steph. (1). 654. brunneus, W. pependose aux eas wats * 207, Buraamauims, Biaph. (2). 655. bifoveolata, hw ania ee pagan ere Ps * NS iiss onic wee oieesierniepiernieane ts * Fam. 48. Lyctide. 208. Lycrus, F. (2). Gee TAIOUR, TOUOPI. a os ose bahay sews en's * * 658. Leacocianus, W. Se eT ou ee *% Dass Fam. 49. Cioide. 209. Crs, Lat. (5). _.. “669. Wollastonn, Mollié. ... ccs sce s wees * fen *GG0, cucudlates, WV... cee ce cesenencees Saas * 661. fuscipes (Chev.), Mellié ........-.004. * ants GBD. pemcticollis, Woe... se cccee ene ences # * cd. y's ast 0.8 9 oe nsieenns * * 210, OcrorEmnts, Mellié (1). *664, opacus, Melli6 2... .eeecccccrerenees r * Fam. 50. Tomicide. 211. Tomicus, Lat. su GBD. mobs, W... cece cece ects snntoenens eee % 666. erosus, Ww. Sewer Oe ass pee Aye A gied % ee Se ee eee ae ‘i gee 668. Saxeseni, Ree See re ares Se ee ee i * 669. perforans, W. (ferruyineus?, F.) ...... ‘s onthe 212, XyLorERvs, Erich. (1). IIE WN s.. % <.6:0n0.0.0cn.ci occas qa mid ee wlohe chy * 213, CryPHALUSs, Erich. (1). G71. aspericollis, W.......c:...cccceeceeeeenes % * 214, ApHANARTHRUM, W, (14). SUPIIIUN aa 0i0.0,a.0.d.0s0\nce a, ecanese brated wale « poe * *673. tuberculatum, W. [<—«Jube, W.)...... bein . PRM MRERNITE WV o...6.5.0 0.0.0 b.oiecavecesore evwnnies se ooall wens - PEP. Camescens, W 0... 0.0.06 sausecnnenae Preah eee * Ee re oe ee Gate reas ¥ Pee MIEN, WV. a 50cs.s ese nsaservieiniwiote ys 04%» eae * *678. Bosictum, NE i»: ssa ss sp RRGDGANGla tA TNEAED Fle wea * PFs MBCALOPNI, We... cen ec ete veuersons 2 * PEO CUNOTUI, NV a. ances siacses scenes vides * Bey *681. affine, W. “hg aac Wil ve Bee: * PAN EROT UNE WN 6.6 .oicieseccse,c.cn0sern oaue 44 6 4 wlerble POEs * MONON S NV ii5 5 !0id crn ai¥. e's $204 bios 0 si Garand *% *% PME GRDRGELIID,. Wess cndisucyclebeseicvoia(dseaiaya, inlaw ale Riss * 98 Mad. Can. 214, APHANARTHRUM (continued). : “GOD, piseieitiig Whale wedias us. cy eos Co estes wat ak *% 215, CRypTURGUS, Erich. Ei jou 686. concolor, W. <—expusillus Gey, 1 savers av R ; 216. TrrioTEMNus, W. (1). L et : "O87; SUOEMMEMa | 62 6 esas aso sh cepa fobs * 217. LrparTHRUM, W. ( 8). "GBS. ena smnlar’, WY ooo ksischie ia vig o's 0 be 950 se * beyie "GOD, EGEMOOENE NY 5:), v0. ka epee as os os ws Hdip *% *690. Getucberculatum, We. secoccveccvncuces *% BREE: *691. curtum, W. ee W.] * % "692. narmatum, W. ..seveccececenesccaces * * MOOG as CEI, WV. «jen s'aaln pin a eee eels Sas * aoe SOO. L068, Wy din dan i 4.40 ARR ee a ame * *GOD. Decaudattiae; Wo 3:5 sss salen ee anes s a2 * 218, Hypoxsorvs, Erich. (1). GOB cms SUG «ic: « aieicebho a's € occ aA * Fam. 51. Hylesinide. 219. Hyxxesrnvs, F. (1). *OD7. sade genetty Wy Soin wieis nd wwe ewn ne tage * 220. PuitaopuTHorvs, W. (1). 698. rhododactylus, Mshm .............4.. % 221. Hyturevs, Lat. ( % G00, ligninertis, EF. «o's... a < sew cdeesl eee one * * 700. destruens, W. [<—epiniperda, L.] ...... * mF 222. HyxasteEs, Erich. (3). 701. Lowei, Paiva Slate Paykr} Riou rotate * COZ. Chgtilby VO6 Wasson. ee Gaee eae ela Dean * ne (O00. Wrileliig WUGL. 5 .sin'e c's cee ee Sane a oe * Fam. 52. Curculionidae. ( Cossonides.) 223, SyNTOMOCERUS, W. (1). *704. crassicornis, Br. ..... 4 te joie rectey le stele * 224, HEXaARTHRUM, W. (1). *70B. capes WV. cna a 560 54 thas a Ean nce be * 225. Ruyncouus (Creutz.), Germ. (1). $706. CHAS ORNS, WN 5 ai05 eins mies tees ee by Hae ae * 226. CauLoPHiLus, W. (1). *707. sculpteuratus, Wee 5 0 \0:0 5.0509 sieiewisielniaere nies * 227, PHL@OPHAGUS, Schon. (7). *708. tenaxr, WV ose a's ote fo cence tae RepIMeiem ahs ee * eee 709. sulcipennis, W. (spadix?, Hbst) ........ * = 710, Ccoatbekion, WV 5. «sain exe eye ov ep aE Ie Saag * S71 deer enbers, WY is.s a's onnag'aelnSeulnates yas oath *% *712. simplicipes, W. [<—«xlawrineus, W.] ...+|.... * TOS PACU, Ws. a's 5 04.0d' 6 SPRITES 08's sigue * PERS GS, WW ixi5i0'e ss oss cape ROT ae * ‘ee 228. Lirommata, W. (1). *715. calearatum, DS Gis cctv a MRR AN alee * 229, PENTATEMNUS, W. ae WT MS ARONAT UE NW i ob 5 6.8 vctelemben bis 0 oP LSS pasligne * 230. OnycHoLips, W. (2). "Tit bifurcatus, Faas Wile pelea cats ems. va)'5 ORS wy * INDEX TOPOGRAPHICUS. INDEX TOPOGRAPHICUS. 99 Mad. | Sal. n. 231, Mrsoxenvs, W. (2). ne Pog een ne * * 719. Bewichianus, W Peron ess ¢ «ea awoke * pies 232. CAULOTRUPIS, W. 109 pei a Ty a a % *721. subnitidus, W. |<—exlacertosus, W. | - *722. lucifugus, ee * MEME firs yes c's ss csnsee secede ess % *724, terebr ans, SETS AER b laaensodes ots acne * eae Chevrolati 1 Re SARA PET UR Bre * Opacus, Woe... sesersevscevecncecees POEL WN one inn neanncctaareeadé - 233. StENOoTIS, W. (1). EET 5-0. 's.s 00 es b.5 oo 0.0 9 sible pianos: * 234, MuEsITEs, Schin. (7). *729. complanatus, We ...cecevccssvservess stn Gop x 730. ensis, W. [<—eTardii, Curt.] ....| x age 731. persimilis, W. [<—m Tardii, Curt.]...... hice * *732. euphorbia, We... 1. ssecee nse sees % Bass *733. proximus, W. | <—ex? euphorbia, W.]....|.... * *734. fusiformis, W. 1. sees ec ereeeeeeees mire * *735. pubipennis, W. | <—exfusiformis, W.]....|.... * Rhynchophorides.) 235. SIroPpHILvs, Schon. (2). RTE ila ou nig: = 6-4. ¢ 4.04 01n,0,0 90S sms * * PMR woe cic.n sess vane ieincdcovener * * 236. NANOPHYES, Schon. (2). EMER Wiig ks vssun's pian s san ee phae se scale * PMIREES WV 5 aly. onan 0's ale Horeens oe le sis wba * 237. Cronus, Clairv. (1). 740. ’pulchellus, WER ee ar alia ciate va * ( Chryptorhynchides.) 238. CrUTHORHYNCHIDEUS, Duy. (1). 741. pyrrhorhynchus, Mshm, .............. Seat erie Gee 239. CruTHoRHYNcHUS (Schiipp), Schon. (7). ND radii ania e es ead wis wm ea as * asl *857. calcatrix, W. [<—mlamellipes, W.]...... * *858. noctvagans, Wi. sie sive oe bvis else wie te * *859. vespertina, W. (picea?, Sch.) .......... * "860; lamata, Ws sig. 0s 9's isin! soba ea etn eee * *861. saveordartey Wisi ssvwisiereiary ccsisintd ei bles ® "862. ‘siconstana, Ws. <). ion ne-v qquin olseeioaneraie ss % "863. mena, Wo... vita a alee awe wie # "864. instabilas, Wis «con op sa oe eeE es Oe * "86D, excelad, Woe... cana s:3.46 toe ey, « *% *866;. Schawmss, Wo os..sic ya cutee oe * *867. angustula, W. [<—wventrosa, W.| ...... * MSGS. wemeroed, Ws. . |... + s:> dip mtempeebenmetey «hes 's * *869. enescens, W. [<—mventrosa,W.]........ * S370. WE ALPNOMBUS NY «4.05 esis aerate ees owe * 269. CypHoscELis, W. (1). ‘ FOL Rs AMBLONE, Wie Nid wip s'n os cee aire Ne e's we * 270. LAPAROCERUS, Schon. (36). * OP DeraORtUs, Wea caicive pring sis eek os oie Sneek * SOFG eae, Ws iain Uiceie vis alee No: 6.9. bee * INDEX TOPOGRAPHICUS. 103 Mad. |} Sal. | Can. 270, Laparocerus (continued). — gor 0 soe atti * t * NS a ae os eae ie *876. undatus, SO RRR anna: ev * *877. excavatus, ee aus 184 vs wa, Win! chy witha avy RAS * *878. grossepunctatus, W. |<—esquamosus, Br.]|.... * TOU MEMMOMES ESE os cee ec eataeslevess ieee * OG a er eset % “ORO MNET OND, WV 6555 lees slolale clawed eeu els ely % *882. a [<—excrassifrons, W.|....|.... * WUE Sent eve sede bicleleaces Reiss * *884, hirtus, W. [ <—enincequalis, Wel Samashas Kot * *885. inaequalis, DUP 2 is cfd nha de Eva eCes % *886. globulipennis, W. [<—e inequalis, W.| ..|.... * *887. occidentalis, W. [<—« inequalis, W.]....).... a *888. obtriangularis, WV... 6.6 cee cece ee eens Ae ‘ SMONOUBS Wis yes ve cwn sence med nits ete Se % *890. inflatus, W. [<—«/lepidopterus, W.] % MEL LOMUMOPLEV US, Wee sce vccccavice vce state * MUNIN oo ob. 0i5 a: a wi8'y oh dle wal Wate nw lee % fo S| Serer pers sikh * *894. subopacus, W. [<—asobscurus, W.]...... ARS * PePNMNOR ON uo) ands dS RIN I ote aie wie geil Are *% *896. mendicus, W. [<—emobscurus, W.] ...... es *% eo SS eer ere rar oe *% MCs ge ols 6 6 6 bes vc peaeouea eee ’ * PF eS v.65 ie vice e sd isacacgeares * Perr fOr Sr sites * MOR EMMIOMONES DORs. 5 sc 6c cs de siviessareeds Sy * *902. obsitus, W. [<—«ntessellatus, Br.]........ gigi * RUM IN oo 00's wri dine creas ne odie AE * *904. puncticollis, 1 BRAG Vasracny 2 hers LAr rae ee * *905. indutus, W. {~<—eepuncticollis, W.|...... Suh % REDE CO Cree ie * *907. sulewrostris, W. [ 9 ee,0. 6 d-ae#iavace On ba tt oh OS OTE re er LirnHopuitvs, Frohl. (1). De PMMMOTYRCOUS, VY 552k t:4/¢ sle.nicie p so4's niteiswoecela hues 107 Sal. Can. h2 a a a * * INDEX TOPOGRAPHICUS. Fam. 67. Endomychide. 322. Dapsa (Ziegl.), Lat. (1). 1058. edentata, W. (barbara?, Luc.).......6+6+ ae 323. LycopERDINA, Lat. (1). *1059. humeralis, Wi wie cece cece cece eeees ves Fam. 68. Erotylide. 324, Xestus, W. (2). *1060. throscotdes, W. ...sceervceccevcsvcees ean *1061. fungicola, W. 325, Euxrstss, W. (1). *1062. Parkii, We vecceeeeeeees Fam. 69. Zophoside. 326. ZopHosis, Lat. (5). *1088. 4-camtnata; Deyre cc oo ss s.cawases fee oes es #1064. plhicata, Br.... iss ceesscveaes *1065. vagans, Br. [<—eplicata, ogg every *1066. Clarkit, Deyr. [<—e=plicata, *1067. bicarinata, Sol. (minuta?, F.) Fam. 70. Erodiadee. 327. ARTHRODES, Sol. (15). *1068. Perraudieri, W. *1000, softs, Ws os edad oe eR We P1OTO: Carte E, os '<'s5 9'0k0 7 sae sa aeenare eon te ees oeoeererer eee eer eee ee eee "1071, OGM; DA hae ee eNS ee RNR es Wes "1072, byrphoides, Weis) 5. ssa erent teeta ok aces 1073 tatoos, Tit. 5665 6650 6b Sea dle ee oe hie *1074. Hortangits Wo? seh ce eng TIGL: CHAR Ws Sein cn s ces al oo meebo *% Fam. 78. Ulomide. ~ 348. ApELINA (Chey.) W. (1). . NIB 2. FPN, WY 5. \ 5.555, 9:5. 050, 0,6 is see eee % 349. ALPHITOBIUS, Steph. (2). 1153, diaperinus, Kugel. ......0...0-eeees x L164, picouss, Oly. 95's 0: 3.59.00: > ante * 350. GNaTHocERvsS, Thunb. (2). 1165, Commutya hs hws es eek bo FT ADR hoe et *% LISS, massa. vivcniaen seaaeee ress *% 351. Trrnotrum, MacLeay (1). 1157; forruginoainy FF cis osore koran oie Vics & i * 352. PseupDosTENE, W. (1). 1158. fossoria, W. [<—mangusta, W.|,....... ip 353. HypopHiaus, F. (4). 1160, pini (Oreutz,), Pinz.()s cae eens «os he Be *1160. euphorbie, W. [<—m? ambiguus, W.| ..|.... SELL: aWRDer eee WV Oe os FOr ema aitts ewer e ae * 1162. subdepressus, W. [<—mdepressus, F.]....|.... Fam. 79. Cossyphide. 354, CossypHus, Oliv. (1). Fam. 76. Opatride. 1165, insularis, Lap... scree ves vee ech sty Sal. Can. * & Fam. 80. Colometopide. Mika | Bar! | Cox 355. Macrostetuus, W. (1). - *1164. tuberculatus, W.[<—eeclypeatus,Germ.]..| i Fam, 81. Tenebrionide. 356. TENEBRIO, L. (4). 1165. molitor, L....... ‘Sage Mogae anes ¢ RE + : el ae eee * ; * Dai 58 6.0.00 os hide t dlileghwats sates PS * Uc RENEE, 69) sn 2, dsah0.0:e se vnesciepovonnye onl eke! ate % 357. CaLcaR (Dej.), Lat. (1). TR, FA DBE ow ei cca ee weinale * 358. Boromorpuus (Mots.), W. (2). Da Peeememoines, LUC. i... nce cwseicwin ss % 5 IN oss sescovakecarecesed es aaa * Fam. 82. Helopide. 359. Hetops, F. (27). wi FS. | Se ee PERN ttn tg *1173. elliptipennis, W. [<—emaltivagans, W.] ..|....|....| x *1174, Marseulit, W. [<—ealtivagans, W.]....)....)....| F *1175. arboricola, W. |<—ex? asper, ist] ae 3} og BAeh eth *1176. Vuleanus, W. [<—exasper, Kiist.] ...... * whe Lise ess CARRE, CONS cnc. we )v 10s vercvs se ve elites ek Tess *1178. gomerensis, W. [<—easper, Kiist.]...... SL Ae pane ee *1179. congener, W. [<—exasper, Kiist.] ...... a wt LN *1180. carbunculus, W. (transversus?, Br.) ..../....) 2... 1 PMU NY, 5. Soni oles «a4, oss a408°C wd ore Ole Oe oe ae ie *1182. nitens, W. [<—ee? asper, Kiist.] ........ Sis | Meant, ge *1183. lucifugus, W. [<—e asper, Kiist.] ...... * oS aR a ek *TISS gagatinus, Kiist. oo... cect cedlenwe sen 7 oo ess ie eae *1185. Leacocianus, W. [<—ex? infernus, W.]..|....|) g |... ph Serene) Saere va Bi ee ewss *1187. subdepressus, W. [<—m? infernus, W.]..| A OF Rar SO ee errr ee ir * a rk ae OY ee ar Sige ; * SS SO Ee Pee ee eee Ee ee ra : * ENR WV 5 aa wy n evicis cine civecw aden e's eee aoe * *1192. aethiops, W. [<—=porrectus, W.| ...... Ri : * *1193. picescens, W. [<—ax? porrectus, W.} ....| +... ‘ * *1194. Fusculus, Ws) Eek w Kid's O65 oe MRED bt] eee ‘ x* *1195. futilis, W. [<—egraniger, Kist.] ...... *% Be Laka *1196. portosanctanus, W. |<—«graniger, Kiist.]| SER rreramiger, Kish. .... sc ecw rave ade ewe * 1108; pallidus, Curt. .......0ceceece de cceet * Fam. 83. Gidemeride. 360. Drryius, Schmidt (1). *1199. concolor, Br. |<—«= pallidus, W.] ...... aa ae * 361. IscHNoMERA, Steph. (1). RPS TIATIUTGS Biss acs side agin ee oes bevete ws vars 362, SrEnaxts, Schmidt (1). BER OW Wa. Fo a his ks ce ks ae Oley AN % INDEX TOPOGRAPHICUS. 112 INDEX TOPOGRAPHICUS. Fam. 84. Salpingide. 363, SaALPrIneus, Illig. (1). 1202. sompressus, We ices ences oatem bate ee Fam. 85. Meloide. 364. Mexo#, L. (6). 1203. tuccia, Rossi LQO4) auastrtae, Wes ic een dae oe nlite ate DO FUMIE ae ase ree ih nie Gon 9 9°45 0 ole ee TQ0G, TAMrIA, $98, St. TTIW. Sie are ie bos oe es 1207. nuda, W. ose eereere Seeevvrevrevrevresevrer Mad. Sal. Can. LANG SONG, WV an in. nx assign rade t alan 0 see 365, Zoni1TI1s, F. (1). | 1200; smnperialia, Wo. 005 0's «dipoarlineiy lies sss Fam. 86. Mordellide, 366. MorDELLISTENA, Costa (2). ISI; prema, Gplhs inne sak oe ewe gs ote weien 1211. sericata, W. [<—m pumila, Gyll.] ...... 367, ANASPIS, Geoffr. ah 1212. Proteus, Fam. 87. Anthicide. #1914, ocedatisstenes,. W . .oscc:0c0000-sied-ere cgwees : 369, Mecynorarsvs, Laf. (1). 1215. semicinctus, W. 870. Formicomus, Laf. (2). 1216. pedestris, Rossi see ee ewe woe ewww eee ewer eras 1217. ceeruleipennis (Duf.), Laf. ............ : 371. OcHTHENOMUS (Dej.), Schmidt (2). TUBA, OOMeCRy NGS 55:5 a casa hia /aisialecoadee-a ORR Sel Owe 1219, punctatus (Dej.), Laf,.........% 20008. 372. ANTHICUS, Payk. (15). TE MANA Ee hiya sig mies SEN ula lle w oteataee ADDL: Bisping, FROGS is.0.0)0:0:5,0:9 @ vinie dn ae owen D228 eA, TOL os. a siieca- wi hcsecars pede toa oa 1235, Bae OTB, ois 'o'ors.2 citi saronn RA é 1224, opaculus, W 1225, notasotdes,. W...3 fia GENO Greeslae Sos ies 1226. instabilis (Hoffm.), Schmidt 1227. litoralis (Heer), eoereeeerererevreeeeeeree 1228; dipnsdeateen WV 0G: HEE a ara AS > . 1229. lapidoses, Wis csasoro dlerdtgeainn v0 1280. angustatus, Curt.........sceneesreedes +1981. Lubbock, W. . iscndsaschitanation’ «Ki ime 1232. guttifer, W. [~<—«tristis, Schm. | TU ZOe COMOPIENBS, WV 0. 5.i'0's store nla mites jo 06305 sia *1284, scydmeanoides, Wo... ccsevevccescccans Fam. 88. Scydmenide. 378. ScyDMANUS, Lat. (3). 1235. Helferi, Schaum *1236. castaneus, W. ee LOSS) Garantie, Bemee i ciiacdve eae viens ced hag take ~<—ez bison, Ol.]........ ares : * * * * * "*# eR eK * " *# eR KS INDEX TOPOGRAPHICUS. 113 Fam. 89. Pselaphide. Mad.| Sal. | Can. 374, Euptectus (Kby), Leach (5). 1238, sanguineus, Denny ...............05. dea # eee yiciny * *1240. monticola, W. |<—«= Karstenwi, Reich.]..|.... % 1241. intermedius, W. [<—msignatus, Reich.]..| x % eee ce * rete 375. ENoprostomus, Schaum (1). *1243. Wollastont, Schaum...........eese005 Hite * 376. PsrLapuus, Hbst (1). *1244, palpiger, W....... OR a MW Kl Meare eens a8 Ney % - Fam. 90. Staphylinide. (Aleocharides. ) 377. FaLaGria (Leach), Mann. (1). PemeICUTG, GTA. 6 cin cscs eacionele canes % * 378. Ecurpnoeiossa, W. (1). RE OMOEA, We in cee sees teins bp Felehe Ai aes # 379. Puytosus (Rudd), Curt. (3). ve Gr era eas * 1248. migriventris, Chevy. ........0+eeeeeees sin % Poe MMETACUR, TATAAE. se esicac com ee * bles 380. Puitaopora, Erich. (1). 1250. corticina, W. {<—es corticalis, Gr.]...... eras é 381. Tacuyusa, Erich. (3). PNG VV avec cc haslice erat gene + week pe ND ere wpsaTs test *% pe | eee eee re % * 382. IscHNoPpopDA, Steph. (1). 1254, longitarsis (Kby), Steph. ............ * 383. XENOMMA, W. (4). SPINE WY «op e's diene cece tlhe ne Ws *% a TRCN NI, NV 5 oie sis os nee dale cee wale % eee *1257. filiforme, W.........06. Ned a sat fate * We 0 a eee err ey age * 384, Homatota, Mann. (43). EROMEIMMMOMS We 5 ccc cas eeegasenivens Ae re % PM SUS ODACN WN oo oie oN eee we eles Roar * TEZG1, sanguinolenta, Wi... .. ce eveccsvevnede * eee *1262. haligena,W. |<—esanguinolenta, W.| ..| rae Beeerontiia, Hrich, «0... e ies sees ede. *% * 1264. montivagans, W. ... cee sceseweccences * Re “12Go, Vagepunctata, W. ....esersvevscumeses Sods % 1266. plumbea, Waterh. ........0esecceees ‘ies # PRMMTNUNNHOOR, VV. ow cee cee vescnecvmisle ess * Ses 1268. obliguepunctata, W......cceecevncenees * ee TERCOIE, We... 5. io civics ccuemesioweess its % 1270. luridipennis, Mann. ..............++4: % ore BerereertA, FPICH. . owes ne sensed sie nes % * 1272. philonthoides, W. ......-eceecccececes % Soha ie SS Ge in nee * * SS Rae eee Uae * 1275. longula (Chevr.), Heer ............4 * x 1276. fragilis ?, Kr. [<—e« longula, Heer] ....|.... % 1277. palustris, Kiesw........... 00s e eens’ aa se DS ee rer a * Il4 INDEX TOPOGRAPHICUS. Mad.| Sal. | Can. 384. HomaLora (continued), ; "1270. aubsertcad We gsiida nico.s 0 5 sie hearmelate sake Wo par *% *1280. anguatissima, We .icoscsceccsccvevens bial * "LDS, SAGs Wiis a ie NED ja 0'v. 5 sp 0 4 Be ia * "IQS. LreaCOrMIB EVs ee CCS weve weaves shitty Reeve L283) OURS) MABAV Gs cisions scwswios sees bau Oe x Pe aie LDSSS PURSE Rs i oases yates bh kibieioe le bre BA tdi * L288: ERIOMES RMF eins sos wack ping eae «kei ae 3 *% 1286; aleocharoides, We. 2.55 cin weve even bes Det % 1287. atramentaria (Kby), Gyll.. ............ %* avons 1288. depamperata, We). Sia hve deae eae de + 6. < hia % MELO SAMATSONSE, NV ss eis: s «MoE AS oT eae * 1200; tastes, W's. |e ss sis «vos ah oe ek as *% ayers 1291. leta, W. [<—eminsignis, W.] ........4. ees *% D202; ac braleag WY oc cexi.0'vve esata leveighiisbe wt Bat acahe * ee 1205. abana OW fii. falls sep ee eee ea *% orbvate 1204. coriaria: {Mall,), Bay. 05:5; niiere pa toni % % *1295. subcortaria, W. [<—«2? coriaria, Kr.]....).... *% 1206, cactt, IVE ci eesieainnaawnadawedh caret eae % DZOT, PUEKeRCRNE, We. esscerslaivinveka inate epoca aanee er * 1298. zerricola, We viesvis sieve sine CP niger ian * 1209.” WF aterhoune NV. 52 owcalycse das cne eae stan % 1300. longpioornia, Grey. csi Sisco aed bedi * iy 1501: melanana, Salih, . oi... coa4 coh eee * * 385. Oxypopa, Mann. (4). *1B02: Oreweposass, WW oid osc:s0 gies suntarsnaeis eee al wikia * *1303. obscena, W. [<—mbrevipennis, W.|] ....| ..+. * 1502 emoleta, Bre oie. icv ccs a va ee eee * * LSOG, ecg fronts WV soe aad ethno bo aol * eae 386, ALEOCHARA, Grav. (8). 1306. puberula, Klug ........... eee be eeatDS * * 1307. crassiuscula, Sahib. .........00cc0nee08 % *% 1308. littorals, W. [<—mgrisea, Ky.] ........ a he * BEOD PURCIME WV 6 os isie Ke hens ah emp nee bmae nes * MIO, sacpete, GTAV. +... 2-452 ciniy cen mney *% 1311. nitida, RBI Le i atses chew -achace oar atone *% * 1812. binotata, Kr. [<—eenitida, Gre]... 1.44. # * ISLS; MOTHOD; AAT. see! crcieaintalocn deb teats % * 387. OtrgoTA, Mann. (3). 1314. castanea, W. [<—exinflata, Mann.}...... Exe % 1815, inflate, Mann. oo ogickn as pate eras *% * 1316. pusillima, Grav. ........ we Cara ens ge * Pa ( Lachyporides.) 388. SomaTivm, W. (1). MABLT, aetale, Ws sclosin.5/ cooartlnee slo ae CD. *% 389. Hypocyprus, Mann. (1). BOL TER, WV oe, 5 5 an ae ec EST > *% 390. Conosoma, Kr. (3). 1319. pubescens, Payk............8 Pitas sine % % 1320. pedicularium, Grav......-.eceeeeeees * * TURAL WMONICOUE NV G Uy c's «ss yoo cme Ser wc wale % eee 391. TacHyporus, Grav. (2). 4899 ‘ousillus, Grawp wa oie kid cas. oes tee * x 1825. temnens, Bile vcacanacaween ee eke *% * 392, Hasrocerrus, Erich. (1). 1324. capillaricornis, Grav. ........see eens %* * INDEX TOPOGRAPHICUS. Its Mad. | Sal. | Can 393, LEucopARYPHUS, Kr. (1). DP ENE Malas iso 46 ee ween e eee’ * 394, TricHopHyA, Mann. (1). BE Ss | ir * * 395. Mycrroporvs, Mann. (7). 71327, MOmUecornes, We... ccc c ccc eenes Hosea ee * *1328. Johnsoni W. [<—expronus, Er.] ........ * sf aaa DR MEIC oe een eee ieeeen * rare DO 0a 60's oor une wle wale ed oe o's Pues . 1331. adumbratus, W. [<—e=? solidicornis, W.] | .... ‘ *1332. solidicornis, W. gi tie iaie Bh Ravalets Saberae oP. ate ae * 1333. discoideus, W. [<—«solidicornis, W. | * 396. Boxrrosrus (Leach), Steph. (2). 1334. luridus, et MetespAseatnsne sk aseliaeeot ad aeehel wate eS Vea % pS SE Ce eek ee iy Bie Jie ( Quediides.) . 397. Euryporvs, Erich. (1). eo EES eee Pai * 398, HeTERoTHOPS (Kby), Steph. (1). 1337. minutus, W. |<—edissimilis, Gr.] ...... *% x 399. QuEpIusS (Leach), Sieph. (3). een eh Seen ree CNA * MTU gs vies vs as ops bee dda we bats # Be Sane eee ee Pattee’ * ( Staphylinides. ) 400. Creopuitus (Kby), Steph. (1). 1341. maxillosus, L. ......... 000000 Se ae % * 401, Ocypus (Kby), Steph. (9). PETS 56 Bai. sie eisscce sn crndiwares v¥aes Aipey * PE PRTAOTUS, TIT. ooo ae ccs ed views oak % *1344. affinis, W. [<—a? brachypterus, Br.|....| .... * PLE ONOOLE WV. .. wc siccace cde vtvesies ove * *1346. curtipennis, ER corcsave bee ae ae * gh i OS Be ee eee i eres Sek % eS) | eee rer ere re weil * 1349. subenescens,W. ss .eeeevevevenvecces wa * 1350. punctatisimus, W. [<—ecupreus, Rossi]. . * 402. Puttonruus (Leach), Steph. (18). ER Oo * ae ae Egoe. ummvratais, Grav. ........scedeeaseees % ‘3G oa EOUEVAIEUG, TY), 2.0... scr ecsepusebecedes mike [ihe % Deeentes, GTA. 00.05. ecw cence i aawed’ * ‘ 1355. xantholoma, Grav. ....0...-+eseeeees brstot * 1356. thermarum, Aubé...........6eeeeeees % ari Raeermeeratus, Pnz., .... 60.5 isles te ee * “ 1358. scybalarius,Nrdm.[~<—exbipustulatus,Pnz. || x * 1859. marcidus, Wa... 6.6 ssee ee ne eee enenes hile * Pe eee er cee * % 1361. discoideus, Grav. .....+..s.seeeeeeees *% * 1362. simulans, W. [<—eenigritulus, Gr.]...... * * 1363, nigritulus, Grav. ........... eee ee eee * * LOGE, punctapennss, Wo. = .0 cc ciceeveve eb ieuns * % 1365. peg MME ha) site sis. widen ea Oem % 1366. tenellus, W. [<—eprocerulus, Gr.] ...... Bais + 1367. filiformis, W. ae procerulus, Gr.| . * ae "1868. zantholinordes, WW. ... ee ees si x 116 INDEX TOPOGRAPHICUS. (Xantholinides. ) Mad. | Sal. | Can. 403. XANTHOLINUS, Dahl (4). "LOGO. SGP GIRGNE atte ks kane se» sia TR i Sie% * 1970. hesperias sRGPIGEs nce o 36s so hele wee *% *% 1371. linearis, Oliv. ....... APES % Soha 1372. punctulatus, Payk. ...........00seeee % * 404, Lepracinus, Erich. (2). 1373. parumpunctatus, Gyll.......... 6 eee % * LEA SSR RPA cob anaemia nied &s.0's Vee *% *% 405, Oruius (Leach), Steph. (5). _ : *1375. strigulosus, V W. Sy Sy em eae s fea" % deans TIBI GC: ANCOR IW 05. Sv aen bun Gidea heads CE ae Ss * Nr *1377. brevicornis, W. [<—ex? Jansoni, W.] . *% vik gh *1378. brachypterus, We vecseseeereeecneenes detees *% *1379. phalonthordes, We. eo sae eke as *% (Pederides). 406, ACHENIUM (Leach, Curt. a 1380. Hartungit oad Pi <—exdepressum,Gr. lo ar "1381. aubowcin, Ws, os's.5 cc acento dat ae Ee a * 1882, salinen, We 5503 s viele che ae ae an batealy *% 407. LarHRosium, Gray. (2). 1383. labile, EIGN, oo 556 5 oA REPS Oy ae ED iy * 1384. a ay GRAV Ss | aso date urea * * 408. Doicaon, ae O-. 1385. aedon is, W. [<—edllyricus, Er.]...... aN NAD eee 1386. ruficollis, W. Saas 1 RA pe} saa "LOST. deniligens, Ws ooo. sdoee cde aninet Pee ed ale "IDES Fae, WV ciaeaeine 5d debe oleae CREED gies hs) age Ponta 409. Srizicus, Lat. (1). LSC. BIA: BO 0.5 sco. ssse. 5k aa eel Oho RON % * 410. Scopus, Erich. 0); 1390. trossulus, W. [<—««levigatus, Gyll.] ....).... % 1391. subopacus, W. ie hnenmnnss PP oy ‘ oF 15O2. nipeles, Woe sw gis S nae Bale etna Poi # 411. Lirnocnaris (Dej.), Boisd. et Lac. (10). PI, QUAGIELEIB) WN 5 a: 40 5's ook aa es Sab ya * BAGS. GEOR WY oa .55 5 0 50 4a 5:0 ale s/ld OE * wat 1395. fuscula (Ziegl.), Boisd. et Lac. ......../ x rer 18906. - subeortaceas Wo. ics sleke § Sie ewe al tence 4 * 1307. ochraces, GTAViss') - sawn lareaks as une. * % 1398. obsoleta, Nordm. .........eeeee eee ees % pes a 1900. nigritula ?, Torich., 6 i<.50434y dame OR ae * 1400. tricolor, Malin <..4 sche sop ene ee * % 1401. brevipennis, W. [<—extricolor, Mshm] Soy * 1402, debilicarnisyW. ..c\snats siaeaeaneee se %* * 412, Sunrus (Leach), Steph. (7). *1403. myrmecophilus, We see eee e seen renee a % TAOE OQ tVGCUE Wo. ua iee asa h ote ome ce Ue *% ae 1405.-angustatus, Payk, |.,...ccido~enwiawae «00's *% ~ Nias wielag Cates ces * INS 5 5S vice vce ale Fio'y a\xlace need * eters Dane eortcmns, Gray. 2... cee cece x *% SAAR are aerate # * RUINS WN go vias vc 8 tose e3d caieenheas sae * Aa eer Rae: * *PGOl. BUMNPRCICOINS, We ounce cece cccccnsices * 1a Weer (Homaliades.) 419, Purtorinvo, Kr. (2). 1438. humile, RSE Ee eee eee Le * pin’ DEMIMOTIONI, Woo da cc s.s ices ve ee eaive ceeds eae x 420, Homatium, Grav. (5). 1440. sculpticolle, W. [<—e«riparium, Thom.! |.... *% EE Se rr * * I | Sr Pe *% nee PRUMNOOTNC, Wo. ccc aict aes beces * Wate Peemereretn, GIAV. 6 ss ict beens ees * * 421. ANTHoBIuM (Leach), Steph. (1). 1445. torquatum, Mshm ...............-5. * (Protinides.) 422. MEGARTHRUS (Kby), Steph. (2). DENIES Ww cree tdaasewergae % * STN SS... 5c Sistaa paw was Vee a aaD He es * 423. Mrropsta, W. (2). | *1448, ampliata, | | MERE re ric MOOT oot * *1449. cimicoides, W. [<—m? ampliata, W.]....| ..+- % 664 | 24 | 1008 abacoides, Calathus, 29. abbreviatus, Hegeter, 397. ——,, Scarites, 6. ——, Tarphius, 127, 20. abdominale, Dactyloster- num, 80. —, Melyrosoma, 207. Acalles acutus, 277. — eonii, 273. —— albolineatus, 280. argillosus, 272. —— brevitarsis, 277. cinereus, 279. coarctatus, 278. —- cylindricollis, 280. dispar, 278. —— festivus, 280. fortunatus, 275, 46. —— globulipennis, 281. histrionicus, 274. —— instabilis, 277. —- lunulatus, 280. —— Neptunus, 271. —— nodiferus, 275. —— nubilosus, 279. —— oblitus, 274. —— ornatus, 276. — pilula, 281. —— pulverulentus, 274. —— saxicola, 274. —— senilis, 276, 47. —- seticollis, 281. — sigma, 275. terminalis, 276. vau, 275. verrucosus, 282. — Wollastoni, 280. —— xerampelinus, 279. Achenium Hartungii, 500. —— salinum, 501. subexecum, 500. acicula, Stenotis, 261. Acmeeodera cisti, 186. fracta, 187. —— ornata, 187. —— plagiata, 187. 119 INDEX. ‘Acritus gemmula, 165, 29. homeeopathicus, 166. minutus, 165. punctum, 166. Acrotrichis anthracina, 98, 14. —— atomaria, 97. —— canariensis, 100, 15. Crotchii, 99, 15. — fascicularis, 97, 98. —— fucicola, 96. —— Guerinii, 100. —— insularis, 100. —— Matthewsii, 97. —— Montandonii, 99. obscena, 100. —— pumila, 100. —— sericans, 99. —— umbricola, 96. —— Wollastoni, 98, 14. acuminatus, Calathus, 28. , Lichenophagus, 329. Acupalpus dorsalis, 50. acutangulus, Olisthopus, 36. acutus, Acalles, 277. Adelina farinaria, 418, 61. adumbratus, Mycetopo- rus, 484, 71. advena, Calathus, 29. , Silvanus, 136. emulus, Cratognathus, 45. seneomicans, Brachypte- rus, 106, 16. seneotinctus, Stenus, 512. senescens, Atlantis, 314. , Attalus, 200. zeneus, Philonthus, 490. ——, Ramphus, 287. seonii, Acalles, 273. Aépys gracilicornis, 56, 11. zequalis, Arthrolips, 91. zequivocus, Sunius, 508. eethiops, Helops, 432. ——, Homalota, 467. ——, Laparocerus, 319. affine, Aphanarthrum, 242 affinis, Cryptophagus, 137. ——-, Ocypus, 488. ——, Stilicus, 503. , Tarphius, 126, 19. africanus, Cybister, 70. Agabus biguttatus, 69. bipustulatus, 68. —— consanguineus, 69. —-— maderensis, 69. nebulosus, 68. Agapanthia cardui, 352. Agathidium globulum, 86. integricolle, 87. agilis, Dromius, 13, Aglenus brunneus, 129, Aglycyderes setifer, 339. Agrilus Darwinii, 188. Akis acuminata, 388. albida, Stenidea, 350. albipes, Anchomenus, 35. albolineatus, Acalles, 280. albopictus, Sphzericus, 215. albosquamosus, Smicro- nyx, 29. Aleochara Armitagei, 473. binotata, 475. crassiuscula, 473. ——- funebris, 474. — fuscipes, 473. —- littoralis, 474. —— meesta, 474. —— morion, 476. nitida, 475. —— puberula, 473. tristis, 473. aleocharoides, Homalota, 467. Allardii, Haltica, 362. Alophus alternans, 304, 50 “magnificus, 304. Alphitobius diaperinus, 419. 120 Alphitobius mauritanicus, 419. piceus, 419. alpinus, Hadrus, 414. alternans, Alophus, 304, 50 , Atomaria, 145, ——, Blaps, 402. , Pristonychus, 27. Altica dorsalis, 369. alticola, Casopus, 211. ——, Masoreus, 21. , Trechus, 54. altivagans, Helops, 426. alutaceus, Dromius, 14. , Micromimetes, 203. alutaria, Homalota, 469. Amara difrons, 42. superans, 43, —-— trivialis, 42. versuta, 42. amaroides,' Hegeter, 396. ambigua, Pimelia, 405. ambiguus, Hypophleeus, 422. , Sphericus, 217, 33. amictus, Tarus, 15, 2. amnicola, Homalota, 461. amnigena, Homalota, 463. amcenus, Dromius, 15, 5. ampliata, Metopsia, 525. amplicollis, Psylliodes, 372, 56. anale, Somatium, 477. analis, Homalota, 466. Anaspis Proteus, 440. anceps, Auletes, 289. Anchomenus albipes, 35. — debilis, 34. marginatus, 35. — Nichollsii, 34. pallipes, 35. Andersoni, Coccinella, 379, 57- Anemophilus crassus, 326. subtessellatus, 326. trossulus, 327. anguiculus, Lixus, 299. anguinus, Lixus, 298. angularis, Pterostichus, 41. angulata, Corticaria, 151. , Melansis, 414. angulipennis, Echinodera, 283. angulosus, Saprinus, 169. angustatus, Anthicus, 446. ——, Lixus, 301. , Sunius, 509. angusticollis, Tarphius, 122, 17. INDEX. angustifrons, Pecteropus, 202. —., Quedius, 486. angustissima, Homalota, 465. angustula, Atlantis, 314. ——,, Ptinella, 103. . angustulus, Calathus, 32. , Tarphius, 121, 17. Anisodactylus binotatus, 4 Anisotoma canariensis, 85. oceanica, 85. annulicornis, Stenidea, ee obium cryptophagoi- des, 228. ss it — lyctoides, 228, 35. — molle, 228. oculatum, 228, 36. paniceum, 227. —— ptilinoides, 229. striatum, 227. — velatum, 226. villosum, 225. Anommatus 12-striatus, 146. antennatus, Bruchus, 342. anthicoides, Attalus, 199. Anthicus angustatus, 446. —— canariensis, 447. crinitus, 444. dimidiatus, 446. —— floralis, 443. guttifer, 447. hispidus, 444. — humilis, 444. instabilis, 445. lapidosus, 446. ‘—_— litoralis, 446. Lubbockii, 447. — notoxoides, 445. — opaculus, 445. scydmeenoides, 448, tristis, 447. Anthobium torquatum, 524. Anthocomus analis, 198. anthracina, Acrotrichis, 98, 14. Anthraxia senilis, 188. anthrenoides, Telopes, 162. ‘Anthrenus claviger, 163, 28 ‘minor, 163, 28. varius, 162. Aphanarthrum affine,242. armatum, 240. impressum, 228, 35. Aphanarthrum bicine- tum, 241, 43. ——- bicolor, 248. canariense, 240, —— canescens, 240, 41. concolor, 244. —— euphorbix, 242. glabrum, 243, — Juba, 239. luridum, 243. —— piscatorium, 242. —— pusillum, 244, —— pygmum, 240, 42. — tuberculatum, 239, 40. aphodioides, Trachyscelis, 416. Aphodiuscarbonarius,178. conspurcatus, 177. —— granarius, 178. —— hydrocheris, 176. — lividus, 178. maculosus, 177. —— nitidulus, 176. — Pedrosi, 178. —— rufus, 178. sordidus, 176. sticticus, 177. —— texniatus, 177. Wollastonii, 176. Aphthona crassipes, 364. Paivana, 363. apicale, Ptenidium, 101. apicalis, Atomaria, 145. Apion austrinum, 293. — calcaratum, 293. — ceuthorhynchoides, 294, —— chalybeipenne, 292. delicatulum, 291. — fallax, 294. frumentarium, 290, —— Germari, 292. — longipes, 295. —— malve, 290. rotundipenne, 294, —— sagittiferum, 291. — senex, 290. —- tubiferum, 293. —— umbrinum, 295, —— vernale, 291. —— Westwoodii, 293. —— Wollastoni, 294. apicnides, Xenomicrus, 307. Apotomus Chaudoirii, 7. rufus, 7. testaceus, 8, 1. appendiculatus, Calathus, apricarius, Saprinus, 168, aptera, Ptinella, 102. arboricola, Helops, 427, 64. © arcuatus, Scymnus, 382. arenarius, Pentatemnus, 256. arenicola, Masoreus, 21. argillosus, Acalles, 272. Argutor curtus, 42. dilaticollis, 42. racilipes, ‘41, patnat sy 41. aridicola, Tychius, 286. arietis, Clytus, 346. Aristus subopacus, 8. armatum, Aphanarthrum, 240, armatus, Dyschirius, 6. Armitagii, Cksorlias 302. artemisiz, Liparthrum, 247. ——,, Melyrosoma, 208. —- byrrhoides, 90 — costifrons, 392. — curtus, 389. —— emarginatus, 392. —— geotrupoides, 393. —— Hartungii, 390. —— inflatus, 388. —— laticollis, 390. —— malleatus, 392. —— obesus, 389. —— parcepunctatus, 391. —— Perraudieri, 388, 58. —— punctatulus, 391. — subciliatus, 391. subcostatus, 391. Arthrolips equalis, 91. —— obscurus, 91 piceum, 92. ascendens, Calathus, 30. , Pimelia, 404. asparagi, Crioceris, 353. asper, Helops, 428. aspera, Prostheca, 128, 21. asperatus, Metophthal- mus, -154, 25. aspericollis, Cryphalus, 239 asperulum, Sclerum, 412. assimilis, Latridius, 152. aterrimus, Helops, 430. atlanticum, Bembidium, 60. Atlantis zenescens, 314. angustula, 314. angustula, 310. australis, 311. caleatrix, 311. canariensis, 309. INDEX. Atlantis clavatus, 315. — excelsa, 313. — Fore, 313. —— Grayana, 310. —— inconstans, 312. —— instabilis, 313. —— lamellipes, 310. —— lanata, 312. —— lauripotens, 311. — mendax, 313. —— navicularis, 312. —— noctivagans, 311. — Schaumii, 318. subnebulosa, 309. —— tetrica, 310. —— tibialis, 309. ventrosa, 314. ——— vespertina, 311. —— Waterhousii, 315. atomaria, Acrotrichis, 97. Atomaria alternans, 145. apicalis, 143. —— bulbosa, 144, 24. —— canariensis, 142. insecta, 145. —— laticollis, 142, 22. —— munda, 143. pilosula, 142. —— pusilla, 143. rubricollis, 144. — ruficollis, 144. —— venusta, 144, 23. atomarius, Orthoperus, 3 atomus, Orthoperus, 92. atramentaria, Homalota, atratus, Ocypus, 489. atricapillus, Longitarsus, 368 Attagenus megatoma, 160. —— obtusus, 161. —— pellio, 161. Scheefferi, 160. Attalus senescens, 200. —— anthicoides, 199. —— bisculpturatus, 198. chrysanthemi, 198. —— commixtus, 198, —— levicollis, 199. —— maderensis, 201. metallicus, 200. —— obscurus, 200. ornatissimus, 197. ovatipennis, 197. pallipes, 196. pellucidus, 196. — posticus, 199. — ruficollis, 196. rugifrons, 197. rugosus, 202. 121 Attalus subopacus, 200. tuberculatus, 199. attenuatus, Harpalus, 47. auctus, Calathus, 32. , Lichenophagus,329. Auletes anceps, 289. convexifrons, 289. — cylindricollis, 288. — maderensis, 289. Aulonium sulcicolle, 129. auriculata, Pimelia, 407. austrina, Meloé, 437. austrinum, Apion, 293. Autocera laticeps, 411. ae Lemophleus, azoricum, Calosoma, 4. bajulus, Hylotrypes, 343. balticus, Phytosus, 455. ger bentes Xylopertha, 231, 38. barbatus, Calathus, 33. barbicornis, Magdalis,288, 49. barbifrons, Xylopertha, 231, 37. Baridius sellatus, 285. Baris sellata, 285. basalis, Piarus, 220. bella, Epilachna, 377. Bembidium atlanticum, 60. biguttatum, 59. bistriatum, 57. — concolor, 61. Crotchii, 63. — curvimanumn, 58. decorum, 60. -—— dubium, 60. elongatum, 61. Fockii, 57. inconspicuum, 62. ——. lxtum, 62. —— Lweasii, 58. —— marginicolle, 63. — obtusum, 59. — 4-guttatum, 61. —— Schmidtii, 62. subcallosum, 61. tabellatum, 60. vicinum, 59. Berginus tamarisci, 155. Berosus spinosus, 78. Bertheloti, Buprestris, 187. Bewickianus, Mesoxenus, 258. Bewickii, Oxypleurus, 344 bicarinata, Zophosis, 387. i ¥22 bicaudatum, Liparthrum, 248, 44. bicinctum, Aphanar- thrum, 241, 43. bicolor, Aphanarthrum, 243 ——, Olibrus, 104. bifoveolata, Rhizopertha, 232, 39. bifurcatus, Onycholips, 257. heenenes Bembidium, 59. biguttatus, Agabus, 69. bimaculata, Phaleria, 417. bimaculatus, Sunius, 509. binotata, Aleochara, 475. binotatus, Anisodactylus, 44, bipartita, Ootoma, 181. Biphyllus lunatus, 159. ye ae Stylosomus, bipustulatum, Spheeridi- um, 81. bipustulatus, Agabus, 68. , Philonthus, 492. ——, Rhizophagus, 113. bisculpturatus, Attalus, 198. bistriatus, Tachys, 57. bituberculatum, Lipar- thrum, 246. Blabinotus albidus, 350. annulicornis, 350. — Bewickii, 344. —— pilosus, 351. spinicollis, 343. Blaps alternans, 402. elongata, 395. fatidica, 402. -—— gages, 401. similis, 402. tristis, 395. Blechrus glabratus, 18. maurus, 18. plagiatus, 19. bledioides, Trogophlcus, 520. Bledius cornutissimus, 514, —— galeatus, 514. januvianus, 514. Bolitobius filicornis, 485. luridus, 484. Bonvouloirii, Casopus, 210. Boromorphus Madere, 426. parvus, 426. —— tagenioides, 426. INDEX. Bostrichus ferrugineus, 237 Bothynoderes Jekelii, 302. Brachinus hispanicus, 9. Brachycerus opacus, 308. Brachyderes rugatus, 337. sculpturatus, 338. Brachypterus szeneomi- cans, 106, 16." — curtulus, 107. velatus, 107. brachypterus, Ocypus,488. , Othius, 499. Bradycellus excultus, 51. fulvus, 50. harpalinus, 50. ventricosus, 51. brevicollis, Hegeter, 397. , Oxyomus, 179. ——., Pseudanemia, 416. , Tarphius, 124. brevicornis, Othius, 499. brevipennis, Lithocharis, 507 ——., Longitarsus, 567. ——, Metabletus, 21. , Oxypoda, 472. brevis, Xyletinus, 224. brevitarsis, Acalles, 277. , Rhytidorhinus, 308, Broscus crassimargo, 23,6. —— glaber, 24. rutilans, 24. Bruchus antennatus, 342. Fabe, 340. — floricola, 341. lichenicola, 341. pisi, 340. rufimanus, 340. subellipticus, 341. — Teneriffx, 341. terminatus, 340. Brullzi, Tentyria, 393. brunneipennis, Coptoste- thus, 191. brunneus, Aglenus, 129. , Dinoderus, 282. — , Lyctus, 233. ——, Polystichus, 9. —, Ptinus, 213. , Tachyporus, 480. buccatrix, Lichenopha- gus, 332, 54. bulbosa, Atomaria, 144,24. Buprestis Bertheloti, 187. byrrhoides, Arthrodes, 390. Cacidula litura, 383. cacti, Homalota, 470. cadaverina, Phaleria, 417. ceecum, Tiorneuma, 284. Czenopsis Waltoni, 328. ceruleipennis, Formico- mus, 442. cxsus, Psammodius, 180. Calandra linearis, 264. oryz@, 265. calathiformis, Pterosti- chus, 41, 9. Calathus abacoides, 29. abaxoides, 29. acuminatus, 28. advena, 29. angularis, 41. angustulus, 32. appendiculatus, 33. —— ascendens, 30. auctus, 32. barbatus, 33. — carinatus, 29. —- ciliatus, 32. —— cognatus, 30. — complanatus, 31. —— depressus, 32. —— fimbriatus, 33, 8. — fulvipes, 30. —_ fuscus, 31. laureticola, 33, 9. .—— obliteratus, 29, 8. rectus, 30. rufocastaneus, 28. —— simplicicollis, 30. —— sphodroides, 28. —— spretus, 34. —— subfuscus, 31. vividus, 31. Calcar elongatus, 425. calcaratum, Apion, 293. , Lipommata, 256. calcatrix, Atlantis, 311. . Callidium Bajulus, 343. roridum, 345. —— rusticum, 344. Calobius Heeri, 73. Calomicrus Wollastoni, 361. Calosoma azoricum, 4. indagator, 3. Madere, 3. : calvus, Crypticus, 408, 59. ——., Herpysticus, , Phiceephagus, 256. Calyptomerus dubius, 89. cambricus, Sitona, 335. camelus, Tarphius, 125. canariense, Aphanar- thrum, 240. canariensis, Acrotrichis, 100, 15. ——, Anisotoma, 85. canariensis, Anthicus, 447. ——, Atlantis, 309. ——, Atomaria, 142. ——, Chleznius, 22. ——, Coptostethus, 192. —,, Crypticus, 409. ——., Hister, 178. ——, Homalota, 468. ——, Pimelia, 403. —, Scymnus, 381. ——, Tarphius, 125. , Thorictus, 175. canescens, Aphanarthrum, 240, 41. capillaricornis, Habroce- rus, 481. ; capitata, Syncalypta, 164. capito, Cephaloncus, 204. capitulum, Hexarthrum, 252. Carabus coarctatus, 5. faustus, 4. interruptus, 5. carbunculus, Helops, 429. Carcinops minimus, 172. 14-striatus, 172. cardui, Agapanthia, 352. carinatus, Calathus, 29. C. hilus awropilosus, “OT pr —— dimidiatus, 107. —— hemipterus, 108, — mutilatus, 107. —— tersus, 108, 16. Casopus alticola, 211. — Bonvouloirii, 210. —— dilaticollis, 211. —— pedatus, 211, 32. —— radiosus, 212. — subcalvus, 212. Cassida hemisphzrica, 376. —— nebulosa, 375. —— Rossii, 376. viridis, 376. castanea, Oligota, 476. , Ootoma, 183. castaneus, Scydmznus, 449, 66. Catamonus cribrarius, Catops Murrayi, 83, 12. pinicola, 84, 12. —— putridus, 83. — velox, 83. caudatus, Tarphius, 127. caularum, Holoparame- cus, 147. caulicola, Lipaspis, ]16. caulium, Phleophagus, 254. INDEX. Caulonomus rhizopha- goides, 130. Caulophilus sculpturatus, 253 Caulotrupis Chevrolatii, 260 — conicollis, 261. —— impius, 260. | — sae meio 259. — lucifugus, 259. —— opacus, 261. —— subnitidus, 259. - terebrans, 260. cautus, Trechus, 55. | cellaris, Cryptophagus, 137. : centromaculatus, Tachys, 58. Cephalogonia cerasina, Cephaloncus capito, 204. Cerandria cornuta, 420. cerasina, Cephalogonia, 204 Cercyon centrimaculatum, 82. —— fimetarium, 82. —— inquinitum, 81. lepidum, 82. — littorale, 81. —— nigriceps, 82. —— quisquilium, 82. cercyonides, Scymnus, 381 ——,, Stereus, 85. Ceresyi, Hydroporus, 66. Cetonia hirta, 185. Ceuthorhynchideus pyr- rhorhynchus, 266. ceuthorhynchoides, Api- on, 294. Ceuthorhynchus echii, 267. —— hesperus, 268. —— lineatotessellatus, 269. — mixtus, 268. —— nigroterminatus, 268. —— phytobioides, 268. —— pollinarius, 267. pyrrhorhynchus, 266. —— quadridens, 267. Cheetarthria similis, 79. Cheetocnema tarsalis, 374. chalcites, Saprinus, 170. chalybeipenne, Apion, 292. Chasmatopterus nigro- cinctus, 184. Chaudoirii, Apotomus, 7. 123 Chawneri, Lixus, 300. cheiranthi, Lixus, 299. Chevrolatii, Caulotrupis, 260. Chilocorus renipustulatus, 376. Chilopora longitarsis, 457. parr te Mecognathus, 11. Chleenius canariensis, 22. —— spoliatus, 22. Cholovocera Maderz, 146. so. IN Attalus, 198 ir hee aang Psylliodes, 72. Chrysomela bicolor, 357. canariensis, 357. Fragaria, 359. — fortunata, 358. gemina, 359. — nitens, 359. — obsoleta, 357. —— onychina, 359. —— regalis, 357. — rufipes, 360. — rutilans, 358. — sanguinea, 356. —— sanguinolenta, 356. cicatricosus, Tarphius, 123. Cicindela nilotica, 1. cicindeloides, Stenus, 513. ciliata, Phaleria, 418. ciliatus, Calathus, 32. cimicoides, Metopsia, 526. cinctus, Tarus, 12. cinerariz, Longitarsus, 364. , Olibrus, 104. cinerascens, Hadrus, 415. cinereus, Acalles, 279. Cionus pulchellus, 266. circumflexus, Dytiscus, 70. circuntseptus, Longitar- sus, 369. Cis cucullatus, 234, 39. fuscipes, 254, lauri, 235. —— puncticollis, 235, 40. Wollastonii, 234. cisti, Acmseodera, 186. Clambus complicans, 89. Clarkii, Hydroporus, 66. ——, Zophosis, 387. clavatus, Laparocerus,315, clavicollis, Lemophleus, 132. clavicorne, Homalium, 523. clavus, Hylastes, 251. a2 124 Cleonis plicata, 303. obliqua, 303. ' Cleonus Armitagii, 302. — Jdekelii, 302. — plicatus, 303. tabidus, 303. —— variolosus, 302. Clerus Paivee, 209. clientula, Homalota, 459. Clypeaster pusillus, 9]. Clytus arietis, 346. erythrocephalus, 347. —- griseus, 347. Webbii, 346. Cnemoplatia laticeps, 411. coarctatus, Acalles, 278. , Carabus, 5. Coccinella Andersoni,379, 57: —— Doublieri, 379. genistee, 380. ; hieroglyphica, 379. —— Miranda, 379, — mutabilis, 378. —— 14-pustulata, 378. semipustulata, 380. —— 7-punctata, 378. testudinea, 379. Ceeliodes fuliginosus, 269. guttula, 269. Colostoma abdominale, 80. orbiculare, 80. cognatus, Calathus, 30. Colaspis barbara, 355. colon, Omosita, 110. Colymbetes diguttatus,69. bipunctatus, 68. — coriaceus, 67. —- lanio, 68. — Lowe, 68. commixtus, Attalus, 198. compacta, Echinodera, 284, compactus, Laparocerus, 325. , Tarphius, 121. 5 erware: Calathus, ol. —, Mesites, 262. , Oxytelus, 517. ——.,, Pristonychus, 27. complicans, Clambus, 89. compunctus, Hydroporus, 65, 11. concolor, Bembidium, 61. , Crypturgus, 244. , Ditylus, 435. confluens, Hydroporus,64. , Trox, 181. congener, Helops, 429. INDEX. congener, Olibrus, 105. congestus, Tarphius, 128. conglobatus, Hydrobius, 79 congregatus, Helops, 432. conicollis, Caulotrupis, 261. Conosoma lividum, 479. —— monticola, 479. —— pedicularium, 478. pubescens, 478. consanguineus, Agabus, 69. consimilis, Olibrus, 105. constricta, Echidnoglossa, _ 453. Conurus monticola, 479. pedicularius, 478, pubescens, 478. convexifrons, Auletes,289. Coptostethus brunneipen- nis, 191. canariensis, 192. crassiusculus, 191. — femoratus, 190. —— globulicollis, 192. gracilis, 191. —— obtusus, 192. coriaceus, Colymbetes, 67. coriaria, Homalota, 469. cornutissimus, Bledius, 514. cornutus, Gnathocerus, , Platystethus, 514. Corticaria angulata, 151. crenicollis, 149, eurta, 151. fagi, 152. fulva, 148. inconspicua, 150, 24. — maculosa, 149 rotulicollis, 150. rotundicollis, 151. serrata, 150. —— tenella, 151. truncatella, 151. corticina, Phleeopora,455. corticinus, Trogophleeus, 519. coruscus, Phalacrus, 103. coryli, Strophosomus,338, Corylophus tectiformis, 92 Corynetes fimetarius,210, ruficollis, 209. rufipes, 209. Cossyphodes Wollastonii, 130. Cossyphus insularis, 423. costata, Melansis, 414. costifrons, Arthrodes, 392. costipenne, Melyrosoma, 207 costipennis, Hegeter, 397. —, Pimelia, 406. Cerambyx albidus, 350. — annulicornis, 350. Coniatus tamarisci, 305. crassicornis, Syntomoce- rus, 251. crassifrons, Laparocerus, 319. crassimargo, Broscus, 23, 6. crassipes, Haltica, 364. crassirostris, Laparocerus, 319. , Rhyncolus, 252. crassiusculus, Coptoste- thus, 191. crassus, Anemophilus,326. —, Zabrus, 43. Cratognathus zmulus, 45. empiricus, 45, 10. —— fortunatus, 45. —— micans, 45. —— pelagicus, 44. solitarius, 44. —— vividus, 46. crenata, Echinodera, 283. crenatus, Cryptocephalus, 355. ——, Pterostichus, 38. , Stagetus, 221. crenicollis, Corticaria, 149. Creophilus maxillosus, 487. Crepidodera Allardit, 362. —— ventralis, 362. cribricollis, Gnophota, 400, crinitus, Anthicus, 444. Criocephalus rusticus, 344, —— pinetorum, 344. Crioceris asparagi, 393. nigropicta, 353. Crotchianus, Sphzericus, 219. ——, Zargus, 25, 7. Crotchii, Acrotrichis, 99, 15. ae Bembidium, 63. , Tenebrio, 425, 62. Cryphalus aspericollis, 239. Cryptamorpha muse, 133. Crypticus calvus, 408, 59. canariensis, 409. —— glaber, 409. Crypticus minutus, 409. navicularis, 408. —— nitidulus, 409, 60. —— oblongus, 409. opatroides, 419, —— punctatissimus, 409. ba i ce crenatus, 5. nitidicollis, 355. —— puncticollis, 356. cryptophagoides, Anobi- um, 228. ian: Cryptophagus affinis, — cellaris, 187. —— dentatus, 137. -—— fusiformis, 138. — hesperius, 139. —— impressus, 138, 22. nitiduloides, 139. —— obesulus, 138. ; saginatus, 136. Crypturgus concolor, 244. cucullatus, Cis, 254, 39. cucullus, Plinthus, 307. Curculio cribrarius, 332. eremita, 333. currax, Nebria, 3. cursitans, Homalota, 465. curta, Corticaria, 151. curtipennis, Ocypus, 488. curtulus, Brachypterus, 107. eurtum, Liparthrum, 246. curtus, Arthrodes, 389. ——, Pterostichus, 42. curvimanus, Tachys, 58. curvipes, Scoliocerus,327. custos, Trechus, 54. Cybister africanus, 70. Cybocephalus levis, 89. spheerula, 88. Cyclonotum orbiculare, 80 cylindricollis, Auletes, 288. ceylindricus, Teretrius, 174. cylindripennis, Ptilinus, 229. Cymindis cineta, 12. discoidea, 1. — marginella, 12. —- suturalis, 10. Cyphon gracilicornis, 193. Cyphoscelis distorta, 315, Dactylosternum abdomi- nale, 80. Roussetii, 80. Dapsa edentata, 384. Darwinii, Agrilus, 188. INDEX. Dasysterna canariensis, 183. Dasytes dispar, 205. — filiformis, 206. —— illustris, 205. — nigricornis, 205. —— subsnescens, 205. Dawsoni, Sphericus, 218. debilicornis, Lithocharis, 508. debilipennis, Dolicaon, 503, 73. debilis, Anchomenus, 34. ——, Laparocerus, 324, 53- Senphithta: Kpilachna, 377. decoratus, Tychius, 286. deformis, "Parphius, 124. Dejeanii, Gyrinus, 71. delectus, Hydroporus, 65. , Latridius, 153, 25. delicatulum, Apion, 291. a Cryptophagus, 137 ——, Nausibius, 154. depauperata, Homalota, 468, 68. depauperatus, Tychius, 287 . deplanatus, Xenoscelis, 134. depressus, Calathus, 32. Dermestes Frischii, 160. vulpinus, 159. Desertee, Zargus, 25. Desertarum, Deucalion, 348. deserticola, Lithophilus, 384 desectus, Xyletinus, 224. destruens, Hylurgus, 250, 45- detersus, Trechus, 52. Deucalion Desertarum, 348. — oceanicus, 349. Deyrollii, Thalpophila, 399. diaperinus, Alphitobius, 419. Dibolia obtusa, 374. Dichirotrichus levistria- tus, 48. Dignomus gracilipes, 212. dilatata, Nebria, 3. dilatatum, Opatrum, 413. dilaticollis, Casopus, 211. , Pterostichus, 42. dilutus, Trechus, 54. dimidiatus, Anthicus,446. 125 ee Carpophilus, 107. —, Phytosus, 453. ——, Sunius, 510. Dinoderus brunneus, 232. Diphyllus lunatus, 159. are Mycetoporus, —, ‘Philonthus, 493. —., Tarus, 11. discophorus, , Stenolophus, dispar, Acalles, 278. , Dasytes, 205. , Laparocerus, 323. distinguendus, Harpalus, 46. distorta, Cyphoscelis, 315, Ditomus clypeatus, 8. Ditylus concolor, 455. fulvus, 435. rufus, 435. divisa, Pseudocolaspis, 353. Dolicaon debilipennis, 503, 73. —— nigricollis, 502. — Paive, 503, 73. ruficollis, 502. Dolichosoma Hartungii, 206. donacioides, Leemo- phleus, 131. dorsalis, Stenolophus, 50. Doublieri, Coccinella, 379. Dromius agilis, 13. alutaceus, 14. ameenus, 15, 5. arenicola, 19. elliptipennis, 15. — glabratus, 18. incertus, 18. insularis, 14, 4. — maurus, 18. obscuroguttatus, 20. — oceanicus, 14, 3. pervenustus, 18. plagiatus, 19. plagipennis, 14, 3. sigma, 16. strigifrons, 15, 3 —— umbratus, 17, 6 yrs Pseudocolaspis, 54 dubium, Bembidium, 60. dubius, Calyptomerus, 89. dulcamare, Pria, 110. duodecim-striatus, Anom- matus, 146. duplicatus, Europs, 114. 126 durante, Scymnus, 380. discoidea, Omosita, 109. Dyschirius armatus, 6. —— pauxillus, 7. subzeneus, 7. Dytiscus circumflexus, 70. —. coriaceus, 67. — Lanio, 68. KEchidnoglossa constricta, 453. echii, Ceuthorhynchus, 267. ——,, Longitarsus, 364. ——, Meligethes, 110. echinatus, Tarphius, 124. Echinodera angulipennis, 283 ——— compacta, 284. crenata, 283. —— hystrix, 282. orbiculata, 283. —- picta, 284. Echinosoma porcellus, edentata, Dapsa, 384. Elachys abbreviatellus, 101. Ellipsodes glabratus, 410. —— oblongior, 410. ellipticum, Ploeosoma,130. ee Laparocerus, 1 ——. Leistus, 2. —, Mnionomus, 140. elliptipennis, Dromius, 15. ——, Helops, 427. Elliptosoma Wollastonii, 2 elongatulus, Throscus, 189, 30. elongatum, Bembidium, 61. ——, Leucohimatium, 140. elongatus, Calcar, 425, , Olisthopus, 37. emarginatus, Arthrodes, 392. empiricus, Cratognathus, 45, 10. encaustus, Metophthal- mus, 154, 26. Enneadesmus barbatus, 231. Enoptostomus Wollas- toni, 451. Ephistemus dimidiatus, 145. — alternans, 145. INDEX. Epicometis femorata, 186. — squalida, 185. Epilachna bella, 377. 10-plagiata, 377. —— 4-plagiata, 377. Epistemus gyrinoides, 145. Epurza obsoleta, 108. eremita, Herpysticus, 333. Eremnus tetricus, 310. Hremotes crassicornis, 252. eric, Olisthopus, 37. Erodius curtus, 389, europeus, 388. — laticollis, 390. obesus, 389, — subcostatus, 391. erosus, Saprinus, 168. —, Tomicus, 236. erythrocephalus, Clytus, 347 Eubrachium ovale, 167. politum, 166. —— punctatum, 167. Eucinetus ovum, 193. Eunectes subcoriaceus, 71, 12. —— subdiaphanus, 70, $3; euphorbis, Aphanar- thrum, 242. ——, Hypopbleeus, 422. ——, Mesites, 263. Euplectus intermedius, 450. Karstenii, 449, —— monticola, 450. sanguineus, 449, signatus, 451. europea, Siagona, 9. Europs duplicatus, 114. —— impressicollis, 114. Eurygnathus Latreillii, 23. Euryporus princeps, 485, Eutriptus putricola, 173. Euxestus Parkii, 386, 58. excavatus, Laparocerus, 317. , Xyletinus, 224. excelsa, Atlantis, 313. excisus, Tarphius, 120. excultus, Bradycellus, 51. exiguus, Metophthalmus, 155, 27. exilis, Trogophleus, 519, 75+ exoleta, Oxypoda, 472. explicatus, 'arphius, 124. fagi, Corticaria, 152. Falagria obscura, 452. fallax, Apion, 294, farinaria, Adelina, 418, 61. fasciatus, Telopes, 162. faustus, Carabus, 4. felix, Trechus, 54. femorata, Epicometis, 186. femoratus, Coptostethus, 190. Feronia barbara, 39. canariensis, 41. crenata, 38. glabra, 24. ferrugineum, Tribolium, 420. ferrugineus, Lemophleus, 132. Metophthalmus, 154, 26. festivus, Acalles, 280. ficicola, Xylopertha, 231, 6 36. ficus, Hypoborus, 248. figurata, Silpha, 84. figuratus, Pterostichus,39. filicornis, Bolitobius, 485. filiforme, Xenomma, 457. filiformis, Philonthus,496. filirostris, Tychius, 287. fimbriatus, Calathus, 33, 8. fimetarium, Cercyon, 82. fimetarius, Corynetes, 210. fimicola, Notiomimus, 225. ——, Trechichus, 51. flammeicollis, Malthinus, 194. flavescens, Melyrosoma, 208 flavicollis, Xyletinus, 223, 34. flavolimbatus, Trechus, 53. flavomarginatus, Trechus, flavopictus, Scymnus,382. flexuosa, Nitidula, 109. floralis, Anthicus, 443. floricola, Philorinum, 521. florum, Olibrus, 104. Fockii, Tachys, 57. formicarum, Xenomma, 457. Formicomus cruleipen- nis, 442, pedestris, 442. formosus, Tarphius, 122. fornicata, Pimelia, 404. fortunatus, Acalles, 275, 46. were a Chrysomela, fortunatus Cratognathus, é Saprinus, 170. fossor, Xenonychus, 167. fossoria, Pseudostene, 421 ' _ fracta, Acmeodera, 187. fragilis, Homalota, 464. , Ptinodes, 220. Frischii, Dermestes, 100. air: Lichenophagus, fromentarium, Apion, fucicola, Acrotrichis, 97. fulgidus, Quedius, 486. fulva, Corticaria, 148. fulvescens, Stenus, 513. fumata, Typhzea, 157. funebris, Aleochara, 474. fungicola, Xestus, 385, 57. fuscipennis, Ootoma, 183. fuscipes, Cis, , Thalpophila, 400. ne Longitarsus, fuscula, Lithocharis, 505. fusculus, Helops, 433. fuscum, Opatrum, 412. fusiformis, Cryptophagus, 138. ——, Mesites, 264. futilis, Helops, 433. gagatinus, Helops, 430. es, Blaps, 401. galeatus, Bledius, 514. ae rate polygoni, 60. gemina, Chrysomela, 359. geminatus, Notiophilus, 1. geminus, Hydroporus, 64. gemmula, Acritus, 165, 29. genistee, Coccinella, 380. Geonemus cribrarius, 332. geotrupoides, Arthrodes, 393 Germari, Apion, 292. gibba, Lepromoris, 349. gibbicollis, Sphzricus, 217. Gibbium scotias, 214. —— sulcicolle, 214. gigas, Scarites, 5, ——,, Tarphius, 127. ——, Thorictus, 175. glaber, Broscus, 24. INDEX. glaber, Hegeter, 395. glabratus, Blechrus, 18. ——,, Ellipsodes, 410. ——, Olisthopus, 36. a Aphanarthrum, glareosus, Oxytelus, 517. globulicollis, Coptoste- thus, 192. globulipennis, Acalles, 281. ——, Laparocerus, 320, globulum, Agathidium, 86 Glceosoma velox, 94. Gnathocerus cornutus, 420. —— maxillosus, 420, 61. Gnophota, cribricollis, 400 —— insequalis, 400. —— punctipennis, 401. gomerensis, Helops, 429, 64. gonospermi, Microptinus, 215 Gracilia pygmxa, 348. gracilicornis, Aépys, 56, I S ——., Cyphon, 193. gracilipes, Dignomus, 212. ——, Limnobius, 75. ——., Pterostichus, 41. gracilis, Coptostethus, 191. ——, Laparocerus, 323. ——, Throscus, 190. granarius, Aphodius, 178, , Sitophilus, 264. grandicollis, Limnobius, 76. graniger, Helops, 434. granulatus, Lemophleus, 131. granulicollis, Pimelia, 407. granulosa, Homalota, 461. , Syncalypta, 164, 28, Grayana, Atlantis, 310. Grayii, Pogonus, 25. gregaria, Homalota, 462. gressorius, Sitona, 334. Gronops lunatus, 307. grossepunctatus, Laparo- cerus, 318. Guerinii, Acrotrichis, 100. guttifer, Anthicus, 447. guttiventris, Lixus, 301. guttula, Coeliodes, 269. j27 guttula, Stenus, 511. Gyrinus Dejeanii, 71. —— natator, 72. striatus, 71. —— urinator, 71. Habrocerus, capillaricor- nis, 481. Hadrus alpinus, 414. cinerescens, 415, illotus, 415. —— Paive, 414, 61. i rie Tachys, heemorrhous, Hydrobius, 78 haligena, Homalota, 459, ——., Pterostichus, 40. Haliplus suffusus, 63. Halonomus salinicola, 415. Haltica Allardii, 362, crassipes, 364, —— lubrica, 362. Paivana, 363. plenifrons, 363. procera, 362. Salicariz, 362. —— subtilis, 362. variipennis, 363. Haplocnemus sculptura- tus, 206 vestitus, 206. harpalinus, Bradycellus, 50. harpaloides, Pterostichus, 40. Harpalus attenuatus, 47. consentaneus, 44, 47. —— distinguendus, 46. — litigiosus, 47. pelagicus, 44, rubripes, 46. Schaumii, 47. —— tenebrosus, 47. vividus, 45, 46. Hartungii, Achenium, 500 ——, Arthrodes, 390. ——, Dolichosoma, 206. Heeri, Calobius, 73, , Stenus, 513. Hegeter abbreviatus, 297. amaroides, 396. brevicollis, 397, 399. costipennis, 397. certbricollis, 400. elongatus, 395, — fuscipes, 400. glaber, 395. —— impressus, 398. 128 Hegeter latebricola, 399. lateralis, 398. politus, 396, 399. striatus, 395. subrotundatus, 398. —— tenuipunctatus, 398. transversus, 396. —- tristis, 395. Webbianus, 395. Heinekeni, Oxyomus, 179. Helferi, Scydmzenus, 448. Helophorus longitarsis,73. Helops altivagans, 426. arboricola, 427, 64. —— asper, 428. —— aterrimus, 430. caraboides, 433. carbunculus, 429. — cinnamomeus, 434. — confertus, 428. congener, 429. —— elliptipennis, 427. — fusculus, 433. futilis, 433. gagatinus, 430. —. gomerensis, 429, 64. graniger, 434. — infernus, 431. Leacocianus, 431. lucifugus, 430. —— Marseulii, 427, 63. nitens, 430. pallidus, 434. — picescens, 433. —— Pluto, 430. —— portosanctanus, 434. subdepressus, 431. transversus, 429. — Vulcanus, 428. hemipterus, Carpophilus, 108. hemispheerica, Cassida, 376. Herpysticus calvus, 334. eremita, 333. — lesicollis, 333. oculatus, 334. hesperius, Cryptophagus, 1389. , Xantholinus, 497. Hesperophanes roridus, 345. senex, 345. hesperus, Ceuthorhyn- chus, 268 , Stenidea, 351. Heterobrachium longi- manum, 106. Heterothops minutus,4865, Hexarthrum capitulum, 252. INDEX. Hexarthrum compressum, 252. hirta, Mycetza, 156. hirtulus, Stagetus, 221. hirtum, Melyrosoma, 207. hirtus, Laparocerus, 320. Hispa occator, 375. hispanicus, Pheropso- phus, 9. hispida, Paiveea, 394. hispidum, Opatrum, 413. hispidus, Anthicus, 444. Hister @neus, 170. canariensis, 173. — 12-striatus, 172. —— major, 173. — metallicus, 168. nitidulus, 171. virescens, 170. err Xenostrongylus, 112. histrionicus, Acalles, 274. Hololepta Perraudieri, 174: Holoparamecus caula- rum, 147. Kunzii, 147. —— niger, 148. singularis, 147. holosericeus, Notiomi- mus, 225. Homalium clavicorne, 523. — ocellatum, 522. —— pusillum, 524. sculpticolle, 522. tricolor, 523, 75. Homalota sethiops, 467. aleocharoides, 467. alutaria, 469. —— amnicola, 461. —— amnigena, 463. analis, 466. —— angustissima, 465. atramentaria, 467. cacti, 470. canariensis, 468. — clientula, 459. coriaria, 469. currens, 464. cursitans, 465. — depauperata, 468, 68 fragilis, 464. granulosa, 461. gregaria, 462. haligena, 459. insignis, 468. — leta, 468. —— lividipennis, 471. , Pogonocherus, 350. Homalota longicornis, 471. —— longula, 464. —— luridipennis, 462. — luticola, 462. —— melanaria, 471. — misella, 465. —— montivagans, 460. — nigra, 466. —— obliquepunctata, 461. —— palustris, 464. —— persimilis, 463. —— philonthoides, 462. plebeia, 459. ——— plumbea, 460. —— putrescens, 470. — rufobadia, 458. — rufofusca, 458. sanguinolenta, 459. —— sodalis, 469. —— subcoriaria, 470. —— subsericea, 465. tantilla, 466. terricola, 470. —— thinobioides, 464. —— trogophleoides, 460. truncorum, 466. —— umbratilis, 469. vagepunctata, 460. —— Waterhousii, 471. homeopathicus, Acritus, 166. horrida, Syncalypa, 165. hospes, Psylloides, 373. humeralis, Lyeoperdina, ——, Scarites, 6. ——., Sitona, 336. ee Olisthopus, 35. ——, Tarphius, 126, 19. humile, Philorinum, 521. humilis, Anthicus, 444. Hydreena quadricollis, 75. serricollis, 75. sinuaticollis, 75. Hydrobius conglobatus, 79 —— hexmorrhous, 78. —— marchantiz, 79. hydrocheris, Aphodius, 176. | Hydrophilus melanocepha- lus, 77. Hydroporus Ceresyi, 66. —— Clarkii, 66. — compunctus, 65, 11. ——- confluens, 64. delectus, 65. | —— geminus, 64. “ Hydroporus Lyellii, 66. —- minutissimus, —— musicus, 64. —— planus, 65. — tessellatus, 67. — vigilans, 66. —— xanthopus, 65. Hylastes clavus, 251. — Lowei, 251. a trifolii, 251. lesinus indigenus, 349 x Hylotrypes bajulus, 343. aes crassicornis, 5) — destruens, 250, 4.5. — ligniperda, 250. —— piniperda, 250, 45. Hypera irrorata, 304. — lunata, 304. —— murina, 305. variabilis, 305. Hypoborus ficus, 248. Hypocoprus Hochuthii, 141. latridioides, 141. 7 Motschulskii, 141. ypocyptus reductus, woe 09. ypophlceus ambiguus, 422 — euphorbix, 422. — nocivus, 421. — pini, 421, subdepressus, 422. hystrix, Echinodera, 282. ignobilis, Saprinus, 169. illotus, Hadrus, 415. illustris, Dasytes, 205. imperialis, Zonitis, 438, 65. impius, Caulotrupis, 260. im a Europs, ——,, Lichenophagus, 332 impressum, Anobium, 228, 35: impressus, Cryptophagus, 138, 22. , Hegeter, 398. , Salpingus, 456. impunctipennis, Sphzeri- cus, 217. ineequalis, Gnophota, 400. , Laparocerus, 320. , Metabletus, 20. inarmatum, Liparthrum, 247. incertus, Dromius, 18. INDEX. incomptus, Lichenopha- gus, 309, 328, 55. inconspicua, Corticaria, 150, 24. inconspicuum, Bembidi- um, 62. inconspicuus, Longitar- sus, 371. ss inconstans, Atlantis, 312. —, Piotes, 220. indagator, Calosoma, 3. indigena, Lithocharis, 505 indigenus, Hylesinus, 249. indutus, Lapocerus, 325, 53- infernus, Helops, 431. inflata, Oligota, 476. inflatus, Arthrodes, 388. , Laccophilus, 67. ——, Laparocerus, 321, 51 inornatus, Tarphius, 121. inquinitum, Cercyon, 81. insecta, Atomaria, 145, insignis, Homalota, 468. insignitus, Oxytelus, 516. instabilis, Acalles, 277. ——., Anthicus, 445. , Atlantis, 313. insularis, Cossyphus, 423. , Dromius, 14, 4. integer, Throscus, 189, , Ra integra, Ootoma, 182. —, Syncalypta, 163, integricolle, Agathidium, 87. intermedius, Euplectus, 450. interrupta, Tentyria, 393. interruptus, Carabus, 5. irrorata, Hypera, 304. Ischnomera melanura, 435. Ischnopoda longitarsis, 456. Jansoni, Othius, 499. Jansonianus, Trechichus, 51. januvianus, Bledius, 514. Jekelii, Bothynoderes, 302. Johnsoni, Mycetoporus, » 70. Jubee, Aphanarthrum, 239. jucundus, Micromimetes, 04. 129 Karstenii, Euplectus, 449, ys gape Malthodes, 4. kleiniiperda, Longitarsus, 366. Kunzii, Holoparamecus, 147. labile, Lathrobium, 501. Laccobius minutus, 77. Laccophilus inflatus, 67. lacertosus, Caulotrupis, 259. Lacordairii, Melanochrus, 401. Lemophleus axillaris, 138. clavicollis, 132. —— donacioides, 131. ferrugineus, 132. —— granulatus, 131. —— pusillus, 131. —— stenoides, 133. — vermiculatus, 132. leta, Homalota, 468. letum, Bembidium, 62. lzve, Mniophilosoma,361. levicollis, Attalus, 199. levigata, Pimelia, 406. levigatum, Ptenidium, 101. levigatus, Zabrus, 43. levis, Cybocephalus, 89. , Trechus, 52. levistriatus, Dichirotri- chus, 48. lamellipes, Atlantis, 310. * Lamia gibba, 349. lanata, Atlantis, 312. lancerotensis, Metabletus, 20. lanio, Colymbetes, 68. Laparocerus sethiops, 319. canariensis, 309. —— clavatus, 315. -—— compactus, 325. crassifrons, 319. crassirostris, 319. debilis, 324, 53. dispar, 323. —— ellipticus, 321. excavatus, 317. —— globulipennis, 320. —- gracilis, 323. —— grossepunctatus, 318 —— hirtus, 320. —— inequalis, 320. indutus, 53, 325, —— inflatus, 51, 321. se tie a 321. 130 Laparocerus mendicus, —— obsitus, 324. —— obtriangularis, 321. — occidentalis, 320. piceus, 311. —— puncticollis, 325. rasus, 322 —— scapularis, 319. —— sculptus, 317. —— seniculus, 322, squamosus, 318. —— subopacus, 322, 52. sulcirostris, 326. tenellus, 325. tessellatus, 324. tetricus, 310. — undatus, 317. —- undulatus, 315, 51. vestitus, 324. lapidicola, Ochthebius, 74. lapidosus, Anthicus, 446. latebricola, Hegeter, 399. latens, Trogosita, 118. lateralis, Hegeter, 398. , Sericoderus, 95. Lathrobium labile, 501. multipunctatum, 501. laticeps, Cnemoplatia,411. laticollis, Arthrodes, 390. , Atomaria, 142, 22. latipennis, Sitona, 335. latitans, Xyletinus, 223. latiusculus, Throscus, 189, 30. Latreillii, Eurygnathus, 23 latridioides, Hypocoprus, 141. Latridius assimilis, 152. minutus, 152. —— opacipennis, 153. — ruficollis, 153. —— transversus, 153. laureticola, Calathus, 33, 9. lauri, Cis, 235. , Tarphius, 122. lauricola, Lipaspis, 115. laurineus, Phloeophagus, 254. Leacocianus, Helops, 431. , Lyctus, 233. Leistus ellipticus, 2. nubivagus, 2. Lema melanopa, 352. lepidopterus, Laparoce- rus, 321. pidum, Cercyon, 82. INDEX. lepidus, Ptilinus, 230. Lepromoris gibba, 349. osoma asperatum, 349, — gibbum, 349. Leptacinus linearis, 498. ——— parumpunctatus, 498, Leptura suturalis, 352. Leucohimatium elonga- tum, 140. tae silphoides, 81. leucophthalmus, Spho- drus, 26 lichenicola, Bruchus, 341. Lichenophagus acumina- tus, 329. auctus, 329. —- buccatrix, 332, 54. — fritillus, 329. — incomptus, 309, 328, —— impressicollis, 332. —— persimilis, 331. —— sculptipennis, 331. subnodosus, 331. —— tesserula, 330. Licinus Latreillit, 23. —— Manriquianus, 22. ligniperda, Hylurgus, 250. limnichoides, Seymnus, Limnobius gracilipes, 75. grandicollis, 76. —— punctatus, 76. linearis, Leptacinus, 498. , Xantholinus, 497. lineatotessellatus, Ceutho- rhynchus, 269. lineatum, Melasma, 410. lineatus, Sitona, 336. Liparthrum artemisiz, 247. — bituberculatum, 246. /-—— curtum, 246. inarmatum, 247. — Lowei, 248. —— mandibulare, 245. nigrescens, 246, 44. Lipaspis caulicola, 116. lauricola, 115. —— pinicola, 115. iapommeta calcaratum, | 256. Litargus pictus, 157. pilosus, 157. _— 3-fasciatus, 157. Lithocharis brevipennis, 507. bicaudatum; 248, 44. ‘ Lithocharis brevipes, 506. —— debilicornis, 508. — fuscula, 505. —— indigena, 505. —— melanocephala, 507. —— nigritula, 506. | obsoleta, 506. i — ochracea, 506. y —— quadriceps, 505. . — subcoriacea, 505. “ — tricolor, 507. Lithophilus desertico'a, 384, littorale, Cercyon, 81. littoralis, Aleochara, 474. , Anthicus, 446. litura, Rhizobius, 385. lividus, Aphodius, 178. Lixus anguiculus, 299. guinus, 298. -—— an —— angustatus, 301. — Chawneri, 300. —— cheiranthi, 299. —— guttiventris, 301. —— lineatus, 299. —— rufitarsis, 501. vectiformis, 300. lobatus, Saprinus, 168. longicollis, Monotoma, 119. ——, Xyloterus, 238. longicornis, Homalota, 471. ——, Megarthrus, 525. longimanum, Heterobra- chium, 106. longipes, Apion, 295. longitarsis, Helophorus, 73 ——., Ischnopoda, 456. Longitarsus atricapillus, 368. brevipennis, 367. —— cinerariz, 364. —— circumseptus, 369. -——— cognatus, 368. —— dorsalis, 369. —— echii, 364. excurvus, 364. —— fractus, 367. —— fuscozeneus, 365. —— inconspicuus, 371, —— Isoplexidis, 365. —— kleiniiperda, 366. —— lycopi, 370. —— maderensis, 371, 56. “ —— Masoni, 365. messerschmidtix, 366. —— nervosus, 368. nubigena, 369. er ine ochroleucus, —- persimilis, 365. — pusillus, 370. —- saltator, 367. — strigicollis, 369. — vilis, 371. longula, Homalota, 464. — Nanophyes, ——., Pterostichus, 39. Loricera Wollastonii, 2. Lowei, Hylastes, 251. —, Liparthrum, 248. Py Stenaxis, 436. ——, Tarphius, 120. Lubbockii, Anthicus, 447. lubrica, Haltica, 362. Lucasii, Tachys, 58. lucifugus, Caulotrupis, 259. , Helops, 430. lunata, Hypera, 304. lunatus, Diphyllus, 159. ——, Gronops, 307. lunulatus, Acalles, 280. ——, Nanophyes, 266. luridipennis, Homalota, 462. luridum, Aphanarthrum, 243 luridus, Bolitobius, 484. lutaria, Pimelia, 403. lutosum, Opatrum, 412. a humeralis, oD lycopi, Longitarsus, 370. lyctoides, Anobium, 228, 35- Lyctus brunneus, 233. —— Leacocianus, 233. Macrostethus tubercula- tus, 423. maculosa, Aphodius, 177. ——, Corticaria, 149. ——, Scymnus, 382. Maderze, Cholovocera, 146. ——, Scoliocerus, 327. , Tarus, 11. maderensis, Agabus, 69. —, Attalus, 201. —, Auletes, 289. ——, Longitarsus, 371, 6. ps3 Mesites, 262. ——, Olisthopus, 36. Magdalis barbicornis, 288, 49- magnificus, Alophus, 304. INDEX, major, Hister, 173. Malachius militaris, 195. — rubricollis, 195. malleatus, Arthrodes, 392. Malthinus croceicollis, 194. — flammeicollis, 194, —— mutabilis, 194. Malthodes Kiesenwetteri, 194. malyx, Apion, 290. — Liparthrum, 5. Manriquianus, Licinus, 22. marchantiz, Hydrobius, 79. marcidus, Philonthus, 492. marginalis, Scymnus, 380. , Xantholinus, 496. marginatus, Anchomenus, 35. , Stenolophus, 50. marginellus, ‘Tarus, 12. marginicolle, Bembidium, 63. maritima, Tachyusa, 456, 67. marmoratus, Sphzericus, 219, 33. Marseulii, Helops, 427, 63. Masoni, Longitarsus, 365. Masoreus alticola, 21. arenicola, 21. —— nobilis, 21. Matthewsii, Acrotrichis, 97. maurus, Blechrus, 18. maxillosus, Creophilus, 487. —, Gnathocerus, 420, 61. Mecognathus chimera, 511. Mecynotarsus semicinc- tus, 441, 65. megacephalus, Sunius, 510. . megalops, Quedius, 486. Megarthrus longicornis, 525. serrula, 525, 76. megatoma, Attagenus, 160. Megatoma macellarium, 160. pellio, 161. verbasci, 162. melanaria, Homalota,471. melanocephalus, Philhy- drus, 77. 131 a Naat Lacordairii, Ls melanopa, Lema, 352. Melansis angulata, 414. costata, 414. melanura, Ischnomera, 435. Melasma lineatum, 410. Meligethes echii, 110. erythropa, 112. —— Isoplexidis, 110. —— picipes, 111. —— tristis, 111. varicollis, 112. virescens, 111. Meloé austrina, 437. flavicomus, 487. murina, 437. — nuda, 438. —— rugosa, 437. rugulosa, 437. —— subcyanea, 438. tuccia, 436. Melolontha bipartita, 181. castanea, 183. — fuscipennis, 182, — obscura, 183. Melyrosoma abdominale, 207. —— artemisim, 208. costipenne, 207. flavescens, 208. — hirtum, 207. — oceanicum, 207. mendax, Atlantis, 313. mendicus, Laparocerus, 323. menthee, Pheedon, 360. Mesites complanatus, 262. euphorbie, 263. fusiformis, 264. maderensis, 262. persimilis, 262. proximus, 263. pubipennis, 264. Mesoxenus Bewickianus, 258. Monizianus, 258. messerschmidtie, Longi- tarsus, 366. Metabletus brevipennis, 21. ineequalis, 20. lancerotensis, 20. obscuroguttatus, 20. patruelis, 19. metallicus, Attalus, 200. Metophthalmusasperatus, 154, 25. encaustus, 154, 26. — exiguus, 155, 27. 132 Metophthalmus ferrugi- neus, 154, 26. sculpturatus, 155, 6 26. Metopsia ampliata, 525. — cimicoides, 526. Mezium sulcatum, 214. micans, Cratognathus, 45, Microchondrus domuum, 156. Micromimetes alutaceus, 203. a jucundus, 204. icroptinus gonospermi, O15. Pare Microstagetus parvulus, 95, 14. mnilitaris, Malachius, 195. minimus, Carcinops, 172. , Seymnus, 382. minor, Anthrenus, 163, 28. minutissimus, Hydropo- rus, 64. minutus, Acritus, 165, , Crypticus, 409. —, Heterothops, 485. ——.,, Laccobius, 77. ——, Latridius, 152. minyops, Saprinus, 169. , Trechus, 55. Miranda, Coccinella, 379. misella, Homalota, 465. Mnionomus ellipticus, 140. Mniophilosoma lve, 361. meesta, Aleochara, 474. molitor, Tenebrio, 424. molle, Anobium, 228. mollis, Opilus, 208. monilicornis, Mycetopo- rus, 482, 69. Monizianus, Mesoxenus, 258. Monizii, Zargus, 26. Mononyx variegatus, 269. Monotoma congener, 118. longicollis, 119. picipes, 118. quadricollis, 119, — 4-foveolata, 119. —— spinicollis, 118. spinifera, 118. monstrosus, Tarphius, 127, 20. Montandonii, Acrotrichis, 99. monticola, Conosoma, 479. ——, Euplectus, 450. INDEX. montivagans, Homalota, Mordellistena pumila, 439. —— sericata, 439. morio, Laparocerus, 316. morion, Aleochara, 476. multifasciatus, Telopes, 162. multipunctatum, Lathro- bium, 501. munda, Atomaria, 143. mundus, Saprinus, 169. murina, Hypera, 305. , Meloé, 437. Murrayi, Catops, 83, 12. mus, Cryptamorpha, 133. muscicola, Xenomma, 458. musicus, Hydroporus, 64. , Plinthus, 306. mutabilis, Carpophilus, 107. ——, Coccinella, 378. ——, Malthinus, 194. Mycetiea hirta, 156. Mycetoporus adumbratus, 484, 71. discoideus, 484, 71. — Johnsoni, 483, 70. —— monilicornis, 482, 69. pronus, 483. — rufus, 483. solidicornis, 484. myrmecophilus, Sunius, 508. Myrmecoxenus picinus, 156. sordidus, 156. Nanophyes longulus, 265. — lunulatus, 266. natator, Gyrinus, 72. Nausibius dentatus, 134. navicularis, Atlantis, 312. , Crypticus, 408. Nebria currax, 3. dilatata, 3. nebulosa, Cassida, 375. nebulosus, Agabus, 68. Necrobia ruficollis, 209. rufipes, 210. Nephanes abbreviatella, 101. Titan, 101. Neptunus, Acalles, 271. nervosus, Longitarsus, 368. Nichollsii, Anchomenus, 34, nigellus, Scopeeus, 504. niger, Holoparamecus, nigerrimus, Pterostichus, nigra, Homalota, 466. nigrescens, Liparthrum, —, Piinodes, 219. nigriceps, Cercyon, 82. nigricollis, Dolicaon, 502. nigrita, Trogophlceus, 519. nigritula, Lithocharis, 506 nigritulus, Perileptus, 56. ——, Philonthus, 494. nigriventris, Phytosus, 454. nigrocinctus, Chasmato- pterus, 184. migrocrucintys, Trechus, 52. nigropicta, Crioceris, 353. nigroterminatus, Ceutho- rhynchus, 268. nitens, Helops, 430. nitida, Aleochara, 475. nitidicollis, Cryptocepha- lus, 355. Nitidula colon, 110. — discoidea, 109. — flexuosa, 109. obsoleta, 108. — 4-pustulata, 109. nitiduloides, Cryptopha- gus, 139. nitidulus, Aphodius, 176. ——,, Crypticus, 409, 60. ——, Oxytelus, 517. , Saprinus, 171. Nitpus gonospermi, 215. nobilis, Masoreus, 21. , Saprinus, 171. — , Tomicus, 236. noctivagans, Atlantis, 311. nodiferus, Acalles, 275. nodosus, Tarphius, 121. nodulus, Sphzericus, 218. notatus, Pissodes, 298. Notiomimus fimicola, 225, holosericeus, 225. punctulatissimus, 225. Notiophilus geminatus, 1. notoxoides, Anthicus, 445. nubigena, Longitarsus, 369. , Silvanus, 135. nubilosus, Acalles, 279. nubivagus, Leistus, 2. nuda, Meloé, 438. an Cryptophagus, , Thylacites, 333. obesus, Arthrodes, 389. obliquepunctata, Homa- lota, 461. obliteratus, Calathus, 29, 3. oblitum, Opatrum, 413. oblitus, Acalles, 274. oblongior, Ellipsodes, 410. , Scymnus, 381. oblongus, Crypticus, 409. obsccena, Oxypoda, 472, 68 obscura, Falagria, 452. , Ootoma, 183. obscurella, Ootoma, 183. obscuripes, Pseudocolas- pis, 354. obscuroguttatus, Metable- tus, 20. obscurus, Arthrolips, 91. —, Attalus, 200. ——,, Laparocerus, 322. —., Tenebrio, 424. obsitus, Laparocerus, 324. obsoleta, Chrysomela, 357. ——, Epurea, 108. ——, Lithocharis, 506. obtriangularis, Laparoce- rus, 321. obtusa, Dibolia, 374. obtusum, Bembidium, 59. obtusus, Coptostethus, 192. —, Telopes, 161. occator, Hispa, 375. occidentalis, Laparocerus, 320. oceanica, Anisotoma, 85. oceanicum, Melyrosoma, 207. oceanicus, Deucalion, 349. , Dromius, 14, 3. ocellatum, Homalium, 522. ochracea, Lithocharis, 506. ochroleucus, Longitarsus, 368. Ochthebius lapidicola, 74. — pygmzeus, 73. — quadrifoveolatus, 73. rugulosus, 74. subpictus, 74. Ochthenomus punctatus, 443 senilis, 442. Octotemnus opacus, 235. oculatissimus, Rhizobius, 384. INDEX. oculatissimus, Xylophilus, 441. oculatum, Anobium, 228, 36. oculatus, Herpysticus, 334, ——,, Trogophleus, 518, 74. Garin affinis, 488, atratus, 489. brachypterus, 488. —— curtipennis, 488. —— olens, 487. —— punctatissimus, 489. —— subzenescens, 489. sylvaticus, 489, 72. umbricola, 488. Qgcocephalus capito, 204. olens, Ocypus, 487. Olibrus bicolor, 104. cinerariz, 104, — congener, 105. —— consimilis, 105, — florum, 104. — liquidus, 105. —— Stephensii, 105. subzereus, 105. Oligota castanea, 476. inflata, 476. pusillima, 467. Olisthopus acutangulus, 36. —— elongatus, 37. erice, 37. glabratus, 36. —— humerosus, 35. maderensis, 36. palmensis, 37. olivensis, Tenebrio, 425. Omalium clavicorne, 523. granulatum, 524. ocellatum, 522. Omaseus nigerrimus, 40. Wollastoni, 40. Omias enescens, 314. angustulus, 314. —— tessellatus, 324. ventrosus, 314. —— Waterhousei, 315. Omosita colon, 110. discoidea, 109. onychina, Chrysomela, 359. Onycholips bifurcatus, 257. Ootoma bipartita, 181. —— castanea, 185. —— fuscipennis, 182. integra, 182. obscura, 183. —— obscurella, 183. 133 opacipennis, Latridius, PD. opaculus, Anthicus, 445. opacus, Brachycerus, 308. ——, Caulotrupis, 261. ——, Octotemnus, 235. Opatrum dilatatum, 413. errans, 412. — fuscum, 412. — hispidum, 413. — lutosum, 412. — oblitum, 413. —— tomentosum, 413. Ophonus obscurus, 48. rotundicoilis, 48. Opilus mollis, 208. orbatum, Torneuma, 285, 48. orbatus, Sphzericus, 218. sa yea Cyclonotum, orbiculata, Echinodera, 283. ornata, Acmzeodera, 187. ——, Phaleria, 417. ornatissimus, Attalus, 197. ornatus, Acalles, 276. Orthoperus atomarius, 93. atomus, 92. Oryctes prolixus, 185. Silenus, 184. oryze, Sitophilus, 265. osculans, Saprinus, 172. Othius brachypterus, 499. brevicornis, 499. Jansoni, 499. —— philonthoides, 499. strigulosus, 498. vestitus, 499. Otiorhynchus sculptus, 317. —— simplex, 310. sguamosus, 318, ovale, Eubrachium, 167. ovatipennis, Attalus, 197. ovuliformis, Syncalypta, 164. ear ovum, Eucinetus, 193. Oxyomus brevicollis, 179. crenulatus, 179. Heinekeni, 179. Oxypleurus Bewickii, 344, pinicola, 344. Oxypoda ethiops, 467. brevipennis, 472. exoleta, 472. —— litigiosa, 473, lurida, 472. obsccena, 472, 68. —— rugifrons, 473. 134 Oxytelus complanatus, 517 —— glareosus, 517. —— insignitus, 516. —— nitidulus, 517. —— piceus, 516. sculptus, 516. Paive, Clerus, 209. ——, Dolicaon, 503, 73. , Hadrus, 414, 61. Paivzea hispida, 394. Paivana, Haltica, 363. Paivanus, Tarus, 11. pallescens, Xylophilus, HO pallidulus, Sunius, 510. , Helops, 434. pallipes, Attalus, 196. palmensis, Olisthopus, 37. palpiger, Pselaphus, 452, 67. palustris, Homalota, 464. panicewm, Anobium, 227. parallelus, Tarphius, 120. Paramecosoma simplex, 140. parcepunctatus, Arthro- des, 391. Parkii, Euxestus, 386, 58. Parnus prolifericornis, 72. Paromalus minimus, 172. pumilio, 172. parumpunctatus, Lepta- cinus, 498. parvulus, Microstagetus, 95, 14. parvus, Boromorphus, 426. patruelis, Metabletus, 19. pauperculus, Smicronyx, pauxillus, Dyschirius, 7. Pecteropus angustifrons, 202. : maderensis, 201. — pellucidus, 196. rostratus, 202. rugosus, 202. — scitulus, 203. pectinicornis, Ptilinus, 229. pedatus, Casopus, 211, 32. pedestris, Formicomus, 442. Pediacus tabellatus, 133. pedicularium, Conosoma, A478. Pedrosi, Aphodius, 178. pelagicus, Cratognathus, 44. INDEX. pellio, Attagenus, 161. pellucidus, Attalus, 196. —, Zargus, 26. Pentarthrum Bewickia- num, 258. Monizianum, 258. Pentatemnus arenarius, 256. perforans, Tomicus, 237. Perileptus nigritulus, 56. Perraudieri, Arthrodes, 388, 58. , Hololepta, 174. persimilis, Homalota, 463. , Lichenophagus, 331. ——., Longitarsus, 365. ——, Mesites, 262. pervenustus, Dromius, 18. Phedon menthz, 360. Phalacrus coruscus, 103. Phaleria bimaculata, 417. cadaverina, 417, ciliata, 418. —— ornata, 417. picta, 417. Pheropsophus hispani- cus, 9. Philhydrus melanocepha- lus, 77. philonthoides, Homalota, 462 ——, Othius, 499. Philonthus zeneus, 490. —— aterrimus, 494. bipustulatus, 492. discoideus, 493, —— filiformis, 496. marcidus, 492. nigritulus, 494, proximus, 493. —— punctipennis, 495. — scybalarius, 492. sericeus, 495. simulans, 494. sordidus, 491. —— tenellus, 495. thermarum, 491. — umbratilis, 490. —— varians, 492. —— varius, 490. — xantholinoides, 496. xantholoma, 491. Philorinum floricola, 521. — humile, 521. Phleophagus affinis, 254. calvus, 256. — caulium, 254. —— laurineus, 254. piceus, 255. simplicipes, 255. —— sulcipennis, 253, Phleophthorus perfoli- atus, 249. — rhod lus, 249, Phleopora corticina, Phratora vulgatissima, 360. Phylax costatus, 414, — lineatus, 410. Phyllognathus Silenus, 184. Phyllotreta procera, 362. varians, 363. vartipennis, 363, Phymatodes variabilis, 343 phytobioides, Ceutho- rhynchus, 268. Phytonomus Dauct, 304. Phytosus balticus, 455. — dimidiatus, 453. — minyops, 454. —— nigriventris, 454. spinifer, 453. Piarus basalis, 220. picescens, Helops, 453. » Pristonychus, 27. piceus, Alphitobius, 419. ——, Oxytelus, 516. ——, Phleophagus, 255. picinus, Myrmecoxenus, 156. picipes, Meligethes, 111. , Monotoma, 118. , Procas, 296. picta, Echinodera, 284. pictus, Litargus, 157. pilicornis, Trichophya, 481. pilosa, Stenidea, 351. pilosula, Atomaria, 142, pilosus, Litargus, 157. pilula, Acalles, 281. , Spheericus, 216. Pimelia ambigua, 405. ascendens, 404. auriculata, 407. — bajula, 407. — barbara, 404. — canariensis, 403, — costipennis, 406. fornicata, 404. —— pranulicollis, 407. — levigata, 406. — lusaria, 403. — lutaria, 403. obesa, 404. radula, 405. serrimargo, 407. sparsa, 405. verrucosa, 407. ar Rhizophagus, pinguis, Sphericus, 217. pint, Hypophlceus, 421. , Temnochila, 114. pinicola, Catops, 84, 12. ——,, Lipaspis, 115. —-, ’ Oxypleurus, 344 Piotes inconstans, 220. vestita, 221. piscatorium, Aphanar- thrum, 242, oR: Bruchus, 340. issodes notatus, 298. plagiata, Acmzodera, 187. plagiatus, Blechrus, 19. plagipennis, Dromius, 14, 3 . planifrons, Xenomma, 457. us, H- rus, 65. Pistyderuy alticola, 38. —— tenuistriatus, 38. Platynus marginatus, 35. Platystethus cornutus, 514. fossor, 515. spinosus, 515. Plectroscelis tarsalis, 374. plenifrons, Haltica, 363. plicata, Zophosis, 386. plicifrons, Thalpophila, 399. Plinthus cucullus, 307. — musicus, 306. — velutinus, 306. Plceosoma ellipticum, 130. lumbea, Homalota, 460. oy) onocherus hispidus, ioe Grayii, 25. —— salsipotens, 24. politum, pollinarius, Ceuthorhyn- sae on olygoni, Gastrophysa, € 360. = Polystichus brunneus, 9. unicolor, 9. porcellus, Echinosoma, 306 porcicollis, Psammodius, 0. porrectus, Helops, 432. portosanctanus, Helops, 434. posticus, Attalus, 199. Pria dulcamare, 110. princeps, Euryporus, 485. Pristonychus alatus, 27. alternans,. 27. brachium,166. INDEX. Pristonychus complana- tus, 37. —— picescens, 27. —, deplanatus, 1 Procas picipes, 296. —— Steveni, 296. procera, Haltica, 362. oo Parnus, prolixus, Oryctes, 185. pronus, Mycetoporus, 483. Prostheca aspera, 128, 21. Proteus, Anaspis, 440. —, Ptinella, 103, 15. proximus, Mesites, 263. , Philonthus, 493. Psammodius cesus, 180. —— porcicollis, 180. —— sabulosus, 180. Pselaphus palpiger, 452, 6 Pseudanemia brevicollis, Pseudocolaspis divisa, 353. —— dubia, 354. —— obscuripes, 354. —— splendidula, 354. Pseudostene fossoria, 421. i ery amplicollis, 372, 5 oe aes 372. —— hospes, 375. — stolida, 373. — tarsata, 374. — umbratilis, 372. vehemens, 373. Ptenidium apicale, 101. —— levigatum, 101. — punctatum, 102. Pterostichus angularis, 41. calathiformis, 41, 9. crenatus, 39. — curtus, 42. —— dilaticollis, 42. —— figuratus, 39. gracilipes, 41. haligena, 40. harpaloides, 40. longulus, 39. nigerrimus, 40, robustus, 41. —— Wollastoni, 40. ptilinoides, Anobium, 229, Ptilinus cylindripennis, 229. — lepidus, 230. —— pectinicornis, 229. Ptinella angustula, 103. —— aptera, 102. 135 Ptinella aptera, 103. —— Proteus, 103, 15. — ratisbonensis, 103. Ptinodes fragilis, 220. nigrescens, 219, Ptinus advena, 213. albopictus, 215. — brunneus, 213. Dawsoni, 218. fragilis, 220. — longicornis, 215. — mauritanicus, 213. —— nigrescens, 219. nodulus, 218. orbatus, 218, pilula, 216. —— pinguis, 217. testaceus, 213. —— variegatus, 213. pubescens, Conosoma, 478. ——, Corticaria, 148. pubipennis, Mesites, 264. pulchellus, Cionus, 266. pulverulentus, Acalles, 274. pumila, Mordellistena, 439. punctatissimus, Crypticus, 8. ——, Ocypus, 489. punctatulus, Arthrodes, 391. punctatum, Eubrachium, 167. ——, Ptenidium, 102. punctatus, Limnobius, 76. ——, Ochthenomus, 443. | puncticollis, Cis, 235, 40. G ——, Laparocerus, 325. punctiger, Sitona, 335. punctipennis, Gnophota, 401 , Philonthus, 495. punctulatissimus, Notio- mimus, 225. punctulatus, Xantholinus, 497. punctum, Acritus, 166. pusilla, Atomaria, 143. , Rhizopertha, 252. pusillima, Oligota, 477. pusillum, Aphanarthum, 244. ——, Homalium, 524. , Sacium, 91. pusillus, Lamophleeus, 131. ——., Longitarsus, 370. ——., Tachyporus, 480. 136 putrescens, Homalota, SIG. FE ae putricola, Eutriptus, 173. putridus, Catops, 83. pygmea, Gracilia, 348. pygmeeum, Aphanar- thrum, 240, 42. pygmzeus, Ochthebius, 73. , Symbiotes, 156. rhorhynchus, Ceutho- Thera ee 266. quadratus, Helops, 432. , Larphius, 127. quadricarinata, Zophosis, quadriceps, Lithocharis, 505. quadricollis, Hydreena, 75. , Monotoma, 119. ——, Trechus, 54. quadridens, Ceuthorhyn- chus, 267. quadrifoveolata, Mono- toma, 119. , Ochthebius, 73. quadriplagiata, Epilachna, 377 quadripustulata, Nitidula, 109. quatuordecim-pustulata, Coccinella, 378. quatuordecim-striatus, Carcinops, 172. Quedius angustifrons, 486. fulgidus, 486. megalops, 486. quisquilium, Cercyon, 82. radiosus, Casopus, 212. radula, Pimelia, 405. Ramphus szeneus, 287. raptoria, Tachyusa, 456. rasus, Laparocerus, 322. recta, Trogosita, 117. rectus, Calathus, 30. reductus, Hypocyptus, 478, 69. regalis, Chrysomela, 357. renipustulatus, Chilo- corus, 376. Rhizobius litura, 383. —— oculatissimus, 384. Rhizopertha bifoveolata, 232, 39. pusilla, 232. rhizophagoides, Caulono- mus, 130. Rhizophagus bipustulatus, 113. pinetorum, 113, INDEX. Rhizophagus subopacus, 113. 4g . rhododactylus, Phleo- phthorus, 249. Rhyncolus calvus, 256. capitulum, 252. —— crassirostris, 252. tenax, 253. Rhytidoderes siculus, 303. Rhytidorhinus brevitarsis, 308. rimosus, Helops, 432. Be a Trogophleeus, 51 robustus, Pterostichus, 41. , Tychius, 286. Rogeri, Stenus, 512. roridus, Hesperophanes, 345 Rossii, Cassida, 376. rostratus, Pecteropus, 202. rotundatus, Tarphius, 122. rotundicollis, Corticaria, 151. , Ophonus, 48. rotundipenne, Apion, 294. rubricollis, Atomaria, 144. ruficollis, Attalus, 196. —, Corynetes, 209. —,, Dolicaon, 502. ——, Latridius, 153. , Trogophleeus, 520. rufimanus, Bruchus, 340. rufipes, Corynetes, 209. rufitarsis, Lixus, 301. rufobadia, Homalota, 458. rufocastaneus, Calathus, 28. rufofusca, Homalota, 458. rufus, Aphodius, 178. , Mycetoporus, 483. rugatus, Brachyderes, 337 rugifrons, Attalus, 197. , Oxypoda, 473. Rugilus affinis, 503. rugosa, Meloé, 457. rugosus, Attalus, 202, , Tarphius, 124. rugulosus, Ochthebius, 74. rusticus, Criocephalus, 544 rutilans, Broscus, 24. , Chrysomela, 358. sabulosus, Psammodius, 180 Sacium pusillum, 91. saginatus, Cryptophagus, 136, sagittiferum, Apion, 291, salinicola, Halonomus, 415. salinum, Achenium, 501. Salpingus impressus, 436, salsipotens, Pogonus, 24. saltator, Longitarsus, 367. saltitans, Xenorchestes, 339, sanguineus, Euplectus, 449, sanguinolenta, Chryso- mela, 356. , Homalota, 459. Saprinus angulosus, 169. apricarius, 168. — chalcites, 170, — erosus, 168. fortunatus, 170, — ignobilis, 169. — lobatus, 168, —— metallicus, 168. —— minyops, 169. —— mundus, 169. nitidulus, 171. —— nobilis, 171. — osculans, 172. subnitidus, 170. Saxeseni, Tomicus, 237. saxicola, Acalles, 274. scaber, Trachyphleus, 327. —, Trox, 181. scapularis, Laparocerus, 319. Scarabeus nasicornis, 185. Stlenus, 184. Scarites abbreviatus, 6, dimidiatus, 6. —- gigas, 5. — humeralis, 6. Pyracmon, 5. Scheefferi, Attagenus, 160. Schaumii, Atlantis, 313. , Harpalus, 47. , Zargus, 25. Schmidtii, Bembidium, 62. scitulus, Pecteropus, 203. Sclerum asperulum, 412. Scoliocerus curvipes, 327. Madere, 327. Scopzeus nigellus, 504. subopacus, 504, 74. trossulus, 5 scotias, Gibbium, 214. sculpticolle, Homalium, 522. sculptipennis, Licheno- phagus, 331. ——, Tarphius, 123. Bi i ey peti 338. ——, Cauiophilus, 253. ——., Haplocnemus, 206. ——., Metophthalmus, 155, 26. sculptus, Laparocerus, 317. cate ——., Oxytelus, 516. scutellaris, ee 57. scybalarius, Philonthus, 492. scydmwnoides, Anthicus, Scydmzenus castaneus, 449, 66. — Helferi, 448. — tarsatus, 449. Scymnus arcuatus, 382. —— eanariensis, 381. —— cercyonides, 381. —— 10-plagiatus, 377. —— durante, 380. — flavopictus, 382. _ —— limnichoides, 383. —— maculosus, 382. marginalis, 380. —— minimus, 382. oblongior, 381. sellata, Baris, 285. semicinctus, Mecynotar- sus, 441; 65. senex, Apion, 290. ———, Hesverophanes, 345. SenioUle Laparocerus, tl tad senilis, Acalles, 276, 47. ——, Anthraxia, 188. ——, Ochthenomus, 442. septempunctata, Cocci- nella, 378. sericans, Acrotrichis, 99. sericata, Mordellistena, 439. sericea, Sibynia, 285. sericeus, Philonthus, 495. Sericoderus lateralis, 95. seriesetosus, Sitona, 337. serrata, Corticaria, 150. , Trogosita, 117. serricollis, Hydrana, 75. serrimargo, Pimelia, 407. serrula, Megarthrus, 525, 76. seticollis, Acalles, 281. setifer, Aglycyderes, 339. setosus, Tarphius, 126, 17. Siagona europa, 9. Sibynes sericeus, 285. Sibynia sericea, 285. INDEX. siculus, Rhytidoderes, 303 sigma, Acalles, 275. ——, Dromius, 16. signatus, Euplectus, 451. ate , Trechus, 53. Silenus, Phyllognathus, 184. Silpha figurata, 84. —— simplicicornis, 84. silphoides, Leucopary- phus, 481. Silvanus advena, 136. dentatus, 134. —— nubigena, 135. surinamensis, 135. unidentatus, 135, similis, Blaps, 402. , Cheetarthria, 79. simillima, Tachyusa, 456. simplex, Paramecosoma, 140, ——, Sphericus, 216. , Tarphius, 128. simplicicollis, Calathus, 30. , Trogophleus, 521. simplicicornis, Silpha, 84. simplicipes, Phleophagus, 255. simulans, Philonthus, 494. singularis, Holoparame- cus, 147. Sitona cambricus, 335. gressorius, 334. —— humeralis, 336. latipennis, 355. lineatus, 336. —— punctiger, 335. —— seriesetosus, 337. VETTUCOSA, BDO. Sitones setiger, 337. Sitophilus granarius, 264. —— oryzx, 265. Smicronyx albosquamo- sus, 296. pauperculus, 296. solidicornis, Mycetoporus, 484. solitarius, Cratognathus, +H. Somatium anale, 477. sordidus, Philonthus, 491. sparsa, Pimelia, 405. Sphzricus albopictus, 215. ambiguus, 217, 33. Crotchianus,. 219. Dawsoni, 218. —— gibbicollis, 217. —— impunctipennis,217. marmoratus, 219,33. Pid Spheericus nodulus, 218. orbatus, 218. —— pilula, 216. —— pinguis, 217. —— simplex, 216. Spheridium bipustula- tum, 81. glabratum, 410. wt Ss Cybocephalus, sphodroides, Calathus, 28. Sphodrus alternans, 27. complanatus, 27. —— leucophthalmus, 26. spinicollis, Blabinotus, , Monotoma, 118. spinosus, Berosus, 78. , Platystethus, 515. splendidula, Pseudocolas- pis, 354. spoliatus, Chlenius, 22. spretus, Calathus, 34. squalida, Epicometis, 185. squamosus, Laparocerus, 318. Stagetus crenatus, 221. hirtulus, 221. Stagonomorpha spherula, 88. untcolor, 88. Staphylinus brachypterus, 488. — fuscatus, 489. —— maxillosus, 487. olens, 487. politus, 492. Stenaxis Lowei, 436. Stenidea albida, 350. annulicornis, 350. Hesperus, 351. pilosa, 351. stenoides, Leemophleus, 133. Stenolophus discophorus, 49. —— dorsalis, 50. marginatus, 50. — Teutonus, 48. vaporariorum, 48. Stenotis acicula, 261. Stenus xneotinctus, 512. cicindeloides, 513. —— fulvescens, 513. —— guttula, 511. —— Heeri, 513. —— hydropathicus, 513. providus, 512. Rogeri, 512. —— undulatus, 512. Stephensii, Olibrus, 105. l %\ 138 Stereus cercyonides, 85. Stilicus affinis, 503. stolida, Psylliodes, 373. striatum, Anobium, 227. striatus, Gyrinus, 71. strigicollis, Longitarsus, 369. strigifrons, Dromius, 15, 5. strigulosus, Othius, 498. Stromatium unicolor, 342. Strophosomus coryli, 338. Stylosomus biplagiatus, 356. subzenescens, Dasytes, 205. , Ocypus, 480. subeneus, Dyschirius, 7. subeereus, Olibrus, 105. subcxcum, Achenium,500. subcallosum, Bembidium, subcalyus, Casopus, 212. subciliatus, Arthrodes, 391. subcoriacea, Lithocharis, 505. subcoriaceus, Eunectes, 71, 12. subcoriaria, Homalota, 470. subcostatus, Arthrodes, 391. subcyanea, Meloe, 438. subdepressus, Helops, 431. ° , Hypophleeus, 422. subdiaphanus, Eunectes, 70, 11. subellipticus, Bruchus, 341. , Thallestus, 158. subfuscus, Calathus, 31. submetallica, Thalpo- phila, 400. subnebulosa, Atlantis, 309. subnitidus, Caulotrupis, 259. , Saprinus, 170. subnodosus, Lichenopha- gus, 331. subopacus, Aristus, 8. , Attalus, 200. , Laparocerus, 322, 52. , Rhizophagus, 113. , Scopus, 504, 74. subpictus, Ochthebius, 74. subretusus, Triotemnus, 245. INDEX. subrotundatus, Hegeter, 398. subsericea, Homalota, 465. subtessellatus, Anemo- | ie 326. suffusus, Haliplus, 63. sulcatum, Mezium, 214. sulcicolle, Aulonium, 129. sulcipennis, Phlceopha- gus, 253. sulcirostris, Laparocerus, 326. Sunius xquivocus, 508. angustatus, 509. —— bimaculatus, 509. —— dimidiatus, 510. megacephalus, 510. myrmecophilus, 508. pallidulus, 510, superans, Amara, 43. surinamensis, Silvanus, 135. suturalis, Tarus, 10. sylvaticus, Ocypus, 489, 72. sylvicola, Tarphius, 122. Symbiotes pygmeus, 156. Syncalypta capitata, 164. granulosa, 164, 28. —— horrida, 165. —— integra, 163. ovuliformis, 164. Syntomocerus crassicor- nis, 251. tabellatum, Bembidium, 60. tabellatus, Pediacus, 133. tabidus, Cleonus, 303. Tachinus silphoides, 481. Tachyporus brunneus, 480. — celer, 480. marginatus, 480, pusillus, 480. Tachys bistriatus, 57. curvimanus, 58. — Fockii, 57. hemorrhoidalis, 58. — Lucasii, 58. scutellaris, 57. Tachyusa maritima, 456, 67 raptoria, 456. ‘simillima, 456. teniatus, Aphodius, 177. tagenioides, Boromor- phus, 426, centromaculatus, 58. tamarisci, Berginus, 155. ——, Coniatus, 305. Tarphius abbreviatus, 127, 20. —— affinis, 126, 19. angusticollis, 122, Si angustulus, 121, 17. brevicollis, 124. — camelus, 125. —— canariensis, 125, ——- cicatricosus, 123. compactus, 121. —— congestus, 128. cordatus, 127. deformis, 124. echinatus, 124. erosus, 125. — excisus, 120. —— explicatus, 124. -—— formosus, 122. —— gigas, 127. —— humerosus, 126, 19. —— inornatus, 121. ‘lauri, 122. — Lowei, 120, monstrosus, 127, 20. nodosus, 121. parallelus, 120. —— quadratus, 127. rotundatus, 122. ——- rugosus, 124. —— sculptipennis, 123. ——— setosus, 126, 17. simplex, 128. —— spinipes, 121. sylvicola, 122. testudinalis, 123. —— truncatus, 123. Wolffii, 123, 21. tarsalis, Cheetocnema, 347. tarsata, Psylliodes, 374. tarsatus, Scydmeenus, 449. Tarus amictus, 13, 2. — cinctus, 12. discoideus, 11. lineatus, 11. —— Madere, 11. marginellus, 12. Paivanus, 11. suturalis, 10. velatus, 12, 2. zargoides, 13. tectiformis, Corylophus, | 92. Teinodactyla atricapilla, 368. ; —— brevipennis, 367. Teinodactyla cinerarie, 364 — Echii, 364. — fuscoeneda, ae ‘ —— inconspicua, 371. — Kleiniiperda, 366. lycopi, 370. —— Maderensis, 371. — Masowi, 365. —— Messerschmidtie, 366. —- nervosa, 368. —— nubigena, 370. —— ochroleuca, 368. —— persimilis, 365. —— pusilla, 370. —— saltator, 367. Telopes anthrenoides, 162. — fasciatus, 162. — multifasciatus, 162. obtusus, 161. Temnochila pini, 114. tenax, Phleophagus, 253. Tenebrio Crotchii, 425,62. —— molitor, 424. —— obscurus, 424. olivensis, 425. tenebrosus, Harpalus, 47. tenella, Corticaria, 151. tenellus, Laparocerus,325. ——, Philonthus, 495. Teneriffe, Bruchus, 341. Tentyria Brullei, 393. —— elongata, 3935. hsp, 394. interrupta, 393. tenuipunctatus, Hegeter, 398. terebrans, Caulotrupis, 260. Teretrius cylindricus, 174. terminalis, Acalles, 276. terminatus, Bruchus, 340. terricola, Homalota, 470. tersus, Carpophilus, 108, 16. tessellatus, Hydroporus, 67 , Laparocerus, 324. tesserula, Lichenophagus, 530. testaceus, Apotomus, 8, 1. , Ptinus, 213. testudinalis, Tarphius, 123. testudinea,Coccinella,379. tetrica, Atlantis, 310. Teutonus,Stenolophus,48. Thalassophilus W hitii,55. Thallestus subellipticus, 158. INDEX. ne typhzoides, Thalpophila Deyrollii, 399. —— fuscipes, 400. » —— plicifrons, 399. -——— submetallica, 400. thermarum, Philonthus, 491. Thorictus canariensis, 175. —— gigas, 175. vestitus, 176. Westwoodii, 175. throscoides, Xestus, 385. Throscus elongatulus,189, oO. gracilis, 190. —— integer, 189, 190, 31. —— latiusculus, 189, 30. Thylacites obesulus, 333. tibialis, Atlantis, 309. tilloides, Malacogaster, 193. Titan, Nephanes, 101. Tomicus Dohrnii, 237. erosus, 236. —— nobilis, 236. —— perforans, 237. —— Saxeseni, 237. villosus, 236. Torneuma cecum, 284, orbatum, 285, 48. torquatum, Anthobium, 524, Trachyphlceus scaber,327. Trachyscelis aphodioides, 416. transyersalis, Trogophle- us, 518. transversus, Hegeter, 396. , Latridius, 153. Trechichus fimicola, 51. Jansonianus, 51. Trechus alticola, 54. cautus, 55. custos, 84. detersus, 52. —— dilutus, 54. felix, 54. —— fimicola, 51. flavolimbatus, 53. flavomarginatus, 53. — Jansonianus, 51. — levis, 52. — littoralis, 55. —— minyops, 5d. —— nigrocruciatus, 52. —— quadricollis, 54. signatus, 53. —— umbricola, 52. 139 Tribolium ferrugineum, 420. Trichoferus senex, 345. Trichophya Huttoni, 481. pilicornis, 481. Trichopteryx anthracina, 98, 14. canariensis, 100, 15. Crotchii, 99,15. Wollastoni, 98, 14. tricolor, Homalium, 523, 75+ , Lithocharis, 507. trifasciatus, Litargus, 157. trifolii, Hylastes, 251. Triotemnus subretusus, 245. tristis, Hegeter, 395. Meligethes, 111. trivialis, Amara, 42. Trogophleus dilineatus, 518. bledioides, 520. —— corticinus, 519. —— exiguus, 519. —— exilis, 519, 75. nanus, 519. nigrita, 519. oculatus, 518, 74. —— riparius, 518. _— ruficollis, 520. —— simplicicollis, 521. transversalis, 518. Trogosita caraboides, 116. latens, 118. —— mauritanica, 116. — pini, 114. recta, 117. serrata, 117: trossulus, Anemophilus, 327. , Scopzeus, 504. Trox confluens, 181. seaber, 181. truncatus, Tarphius, 123. truncorum, Homalota, 466. tuberculatum, Aphanar- thrum, 239, 40. tuberculatus, Attalus, 199. , Macrostethus, 423. tubiferum, Apion, 293. tuccia, Meloé, 436. Tychius albosguamosus, 296. aridicola, 286. —— decoratus, 286. depauperatus, 287. —— filirostris, 287. 140 Tychius robustus, 286. Tylodes scaber, 272. Typhza fumata, 157. typhzoides, Thallestus, 158. ° Uloma cornuta, 420. opatroides, 419. umbratilis, Homalota, 469. ——, Philonthus, 490. , Psylliodes, 372. umbratus, Dromius, 17, 6. umbricola, Acrotrichis, 96. , Ocypus, 488. ——, Trechus, 52. umbrinum, Apion, 295. undatus, Laparocerus, 317. undulatus, Laparocerus, 315, 51. , Stenus, 512. unicolor,Stromatium,342. unidentatus, Silvanus, 135. urinator, Gyrinus, 71. vagans, Zophosis, 387. vagepunctata, Homalota, 460. variabilis, Phymatodes, 343. varicollis, Meligethes,112. variegatus, Mononyx, 269. , Ptinus, 213. variipennis, Haltica, 363. variolosus, Cieonus, 302. - varius, Anthrenus, 162. , Philonthus, 490. vau, Acalles, 275. vectiformis, Lixus, 300. vehemens, Psylliodes, 373. velatum, Anobium, 226. velatus, Tarus, 12, 2. velox, Catops, 83. , Gleosoma, 94. velutinus, Plinthus, 306. ventralis, Haltica, 362. ventricosus, Bradycellus, 51. ventrosa, Atlantis, 314. venusta, Atomaria, 144,23. vernale, Apion, 291. INDEX. verrucosus, Acalles, 282. versuta, Amara, 42. vespertina, Atlantis, 311. vestita, Piotes, 221. vestitus, Haplocnemus, >) ao , Laparocerus, 324. > , Thorictus, 176. vicinum, Bembidium, 59. vigilans, Hydroporus, 66. vilis, Longitarsus, 371. villosum, Anobium, 225. villosus, Tomicus, 236. virescens, Meligethes, 111 vividus, Calathus, 31. ——., Cratognathus, 46. Vulcanus, Helops, 428. vulgatissima, Phratora, 360. vulpinus, Dermestes, 159. Waltoni, Ceenopsis, 328. Waterhousii, Atlantis, 315.) ': , Homalota, 471. Webbianus, Hegeter, 395. Webbii, Clytus, 346. Westwoodii, Apion, 298. , Thorictus, 175. Whitii, Thalassophilus, 55. Wolfii, Tarphius, 123, 21. Wollastoni, Acalles, 280. ——, Acrotrichis, 98, 14. ——, Aphodius, 176. ——, Apion, 294. ——, Calomicrus, 361. —, Cis, 234. ——, Cossyphodes, 130. ——,, Elliptosoma, 2. ——, Enoptostomus, 451. ——, Pterostichus, 40. xantholinoides, Philon- thus, 496. Xantholinus hesperius, 497. linearis, 497. —— marginalis, 496. —— punctulatus, 497. THE END. xantholoma, Philonthus, 491. ra Hydroporus, 5. Xenomicrus apionides, 307. Xenomma filiforme, 457. formicarum, 457. —— muscicola, 458. planifrons, 457. Xenonychus fossor, 167. me oe saltitans, Xenoscelis deplanatus, 134. Xenostrongylus canari- ensis, 112. histrio, 112. xerampelinus, Acalles, 279. Xestus fungicola, 385, 57. throscoides, 385. Xyletinus brevis, 224. —— desectus, 224. excavatus, 224. flavicollis, 223, 34. latitans, 223. Xylopertha barbata, 231, 8. : barbifrons, 231, 37. ) ficicola, 251, 36. Xylophilus oculatissimus, 441. pallescens, 440. Xyloterus longieollis, 238. Zabrus crassus, 43. levigatus, 43. zargoides, Tarus, 13. Zargus Crotchianus, 25, 7. Desertx, 25. —— Monizii, 26. —— pellucidus, 26. Schaumii, 25. Zonitis imperialis, 65. — 4-punctata, 438. Zophosis bicarinata, 387. Clarkii, 387. —— minuta, 387. —— plicata, 386. —— 4-carinata, 386. —— vagans, 387. PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET, 4, * e. 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